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SERMON 


DELIVERED    AT    AUGUSTA,    JUNE    23,    1858, 


BEFORE    THE 


MAINE  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY: 


ANNUAL   REPORTS 


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MOTIVES     TO     HOME     MISSIONARY     WOBK. 


SERMON 

DELIVERED    AT    AUGUSTA,    JUNE    23,   1858, 

BEFORE   THE 

MAINE  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 


FIFTY-FIRST   ANNIVERSARY. 


BY  E.    G.    CARPENTER, 

Pastor  of  the  Second  Congregational  Church,  Newcastle. 


Augusta: 

ELIAS  G.  HEDGE  &  CO......PRINTEES. 

1858. 


SERMON. 


Isaiah  lviii  :  12.    And  they  that  be  of  thee  shall  build  the  old  waste  places. 
Nehemia.ii  ii  :  20.     The   God  of  heaven,  he  'will  prosper  us  ;  therefore  we   his 
servants  will  arise  and  build. 

One  of  the  happy  effects  of  the  reformation  predicted  by- 
Isaiah,  was  the  building  up  of  the  waste  places  in  Israel.  And 
when  God  had  wrought  their  deliverance  from  a  long  and  sor- 
rowful  captivity,  of  which  another  prophet  has  given  us  the 
history,  the  pious  Israelites  returned  to  the  inheritance  of  their 
fathers,  not  simply  to  plant  their  vineyards  and  lead  forth  their 
teeming  flocks,  but  to  rebuild  the  walls  of  their  beloved  Zion, 
and  reinstate  the  temple  service  in  the  hearts  of  the  Jewish 
people. 

The  Lord  has  turned  again  the  captivity  of  our  own  Zion. 
His  Spirit  has  lifted  up  a  standard  against  the  floods  of  world- 
liness  and  infidelity  that  had  come  to  mock  all  human  restraints. 
The  Lord  whom  we  sought  has  come  to  his  temple,  breathed 
new  life  into  our  languishing  churches,  and  wakened  the  song 
of  salvation  in  the  tabernacles  of  the  righteous. 

But  while  we  rejoice  to  see  so  many  of  Zion's  captives  re- 
turning home,  and  so  many  converts  crowding  her  temple  gates, 
and  sealing  their  covenant  vows  at  her  altars,  we  cannot  forget 
the  many  more,  of  the  lost  sheep  of  the  house  of  Israel,  who 
have  not  yet  returned  to  the  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  Souls. 
As  we  stand  upon  the  heights  of  Zion,  on  these  great  Feast 
Days,  and  celebrate  the  recent  victories  of  our  King,  we  re- 
member the  feeble  bands  of  Israel,  who  are  contending  nobly 
for  a  like  precious  faith,  and  with  us  striving  to  preach  the 
Gospel  where  Christ  is  not  named.  We  cannot  forget  the 
appalling  fact,  that  the  masses  of  the  people  of  Maine  are  yet 
unevangelized.  They  are  not  bowing  to  the  authority  of 
God's  Word,  not  keeping  his  Sabbaths,  not  reverencing  his 


sanctuary,  not  serving  his  Son  Jesus  Christ,  but  are  in  bondage 
to  the  god  of  this  world. 

Whether  there  be  less  or  more  than  four-fifths  of  our  popula- 
tion, qot  in  attendance  upon  any  evangelical  worship — whether 
there  be  less  or  more  than  seventy  thousand  children  in  Maine 
receiving  no  Sabbath  School  instruction,  we  need  not  stop  to 
determine.  Recent  investigations  by  our  brethren  in  other  New 
England  States,  go  to  show,  that,  in  the  most  favored  sections 
of  the  country,  there  is  a  lamentable  destitution  of  Gospel 
ordinances,  and  a  still  more  lamentable  neglect  of  them,  by 
multitudes  who  are  within  their  reach.  A  faithful  investigation 
and  disclosure  of  facts  in  any  State,  would  likely  go  far  to 
exclude  boasting,  and  draw  from  every  branch  of  Christ's 
church,  the  humbling  confession — Mine  own  vineyard  have  I 
not  kept.  Our  eyes  have  seen  enough  of  the  nakedness  of  the 
land  to  pain  our  hearts,  to  humble  us  before  God,  and  to  arouse 
us  to  christian  action.  The  facts  embodied  in  the  valuable  Re- 
ports of  the  Secretary  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society,  and  of 
the  several  Committees  on  Home  Evangelization,  are  known  to 
you  all.  They  have  awakened  inquiry  at  home  and  abroad,  and 
have  already  produced  some  good  results.  Faithful  men  have 
surveyed  our  moral  desolations,  and  like  Nehemiah  and  his  asso- 
ciates, have  spread  out  the  waste  places  of  Israel  before  the 
churches.  It  remains  for  them  to  respond  with  ancient  Israel, 
"  The  God  of  heaven,  he  will  prosper  us ;  therefore  we  his  ser- 
vants will  arise  and  build."  The  ruins  to  be  repaired,  lie  before 
us.  The  work  to  be  done,  we  know  what  it  is.  We  know  who 
must  go  forward  in  it — God's  own  people.  Men  of  the  world 
will  not.  We  know  what  agencies  will  prove  effechial  in  this 
WOrk — viz  :  those  of  Christ's  Gospel,  a  ministry,  divinely  called 
and  devoted  to  their  calling — local,  living  churches,  honored 
by  the  Spirit  as  the  light  of  the  world.  What  now  remains, 
but  christian  benevolence  and  christian  action; — the  united 
enlistment  of  our  christian  forces,  in  the  work  of  reclaiming 
to  Christ,  and  for  Christ,  the  perishing  multitudes  of  our  home 
population. 

To  urge  upon  christians  the  importance  of  prosecuting  this 
work  with  renewed  zeal  and  courage,  is  the  practical  purpose 
of  this  discourse. 


I  ask  their  consideration  of  the  following  series  of 

Motives  to  Home  Missionary  Work. 

In  it  is  involved, 

First. —  The  life  of  the  stronger  churches. 

The  first  great  source  of  life  is  found  in  God.     The  life  of 
every  christian  church  is  hid  with  Christ  its  living  head.     All 
christians,  and  all  christian  churches,  love  to  say  of  him,  "He 
is  our  life."     In  an  important  sense  also,  it  is  true,  that  their 
life  is  found  in   their  kindly  reciprocal  action.     Through  the 
play  of  the  lungs,  and  the  circulation  of  the   blood,  and  the 
action  of  the  members,  life  is  sustained  in  the   human  body. 
Each  organ,  also,  derives  its  life,  in  part,  from  the  healthful 
action  of  every  other  organ.     The  organs  of  respiration,  cir- 
culation, and  motion,  are  mutually  dependent.     None  of  them, 
not  even  those  which  seem  to  have  more  abundant  honor,  can 
say,    "  We    are    self-supporting    organs."      Yet    no    man   has 
stopped  us  of  boasting  of  our  larger  churches  as  "  self-support- 
ing."    A  church  that  does  not  need  pecuniary  help  in  sustaining 
the  Gospel,  we  are  wont  to  call  a  "  self-supporting"  church.     Is 
it  quite  such,  in  fact  ?     The  stronger  churches  can  indeed  build 
their  own  sanctuaries,  pay  their  own  minister,  and  contribute, 
as  they  do,  largely,  to  the   support  of  the  Gospel  among  the 
feebler  churches.     Upon  their  liberal  donations,  many  a  mis- 
sionary church  is  dependent  for  its  religious  privileges.     But 
while  the  wealth  and  numbers  of  the  stronger  church  raise  it 
above  worldly  dependence,  its  higher  elements  of  strength,  it 
may  be  drawing  from  several  feebler  churches  around  it,  who 
yet  revere  it  as  their  spiritual  mother.     However  privileged 
this  larger  church  may  be,  it  could  poorly  afford  to  be  cut  off 
from  the   smaller  churches  which    are    continually  furnishing 
corner  stones  for  its  own  palace.     The  strong  church  does  not 
generate  within  itself  all  the  social  influences  which  are  tribu- 
tary to  its  prosperity.     Its  ablest  supporters,  perhaps,  have 
gained  the  elements  of  character,  which  laid  the  foundation  of 
their  prosperity,  in  their  mountain  homes,  under  the  fosterino- 
care  of  some  missionary  church.     The  members,  too,  of  this 
strong  church,  may  have  been  drawn  in  part  from  the  very 
standard  bearers  of  the  feeble  churches  in  its  vicinity.     Its 


growth  has  come  of  their  decay,  its  life  of  their  death.  The 
man  whom  they  delight  to  honor  as  their  religious  teacher,  may 
have  been  the  gift  of  some  humble  mother  in  Israel,  whose 
cares  for  her  son  brought  her  to  an  early  grave,  while  in  his 
dedication  to  God  she  left  the  whole  church  a  legacy  of  sancti- 
fied intellect,  whose  memorial  can  never  die,  and  whose  worth 
the  money  changers  have  no  scales  to  weigh. 

Oar  missionary  churches  in  New  England,  can  point  to  emi- 
nent professional  and  public  men,  to  professors  and  teach- 
ers of  wide  christian  influence,  to  the  occupants  of  many  of  the 
first  pulpits  in  the  land,  and  say,  "these  are  our  jewels";  these 
are  the  sons,  whom  we  gave  up  from  their  birth,  to  whatever 
post  of  duty  or  sphere  of  usefulness  the  Master  should  call 
them.  Says  the  Secretary  of  the  Connecticut  Missionary  So- 
ciety :  "  From  one  little  church,  a  missionary  retiring  after  a 
ministry  of  seven  years,  gives  a  list  of  six  ministers  raised  up 
from  it."  The  last  years  report  of  our  own  Secretary,  among 
other  instructive  facts,  gives  the  following:  "One  church, 
assisted  almost  from  the  beginning  until  now,  has  been  the 
mother  of  several  other  churches.  A  good  missionary  brother,* 
now  gone  to  his  rest,  reported  thirteen  young  men  as  brought 
forward  for  the  ministry,  by  himself  and  his  fellow  missionaries 
in  one  county,  two  of  whom  had  carried  the  Gospel  to  the 
heathen." 

In  helping  the  weak,  then,  we  are,  in  the  very  best  sense, 
helping   ourselves — preparing  "  living  stones,"  to  be  brought 
and  laid,  almost  without  "  sound  of  hammer,"  in  the  temples  of 
our  own  churches.     "VYe  are  raising  up  sons  of  Levi,  to  fill  our 
own  pulpits,  to  guard  the  interests  and  guide  the  affairs  of  the 
whole  church  of  God.     Let  us  not  forget,  that  we  have  common 
and  inseparable   interests   with    the    feeblest  of   these  sister 
churches — that  they  and  we  are  one  body  in  Christ,  knit  to- 
gether by  common    sympathies   and  energized  by  a  common 
spiritual  life.     That  life  is  as  truly  lodged  in  the  weaker  as  in 
the  stronger  members ;  indeed,  that  the  excellency  of  that  life 
may  be  of   God,  and  not  of  us,  it  often  passes  out  of  the 
stronger  into  the  weaker.     The  Lord  of  Life  found  friends  at 
Bethany  when  in  all  the  palaces  of   Jerusalem  "he  had  not 

*  Rev.  Josiah  Tucker,  Madison  and  Bingham. 


where  to  lay  bis  head/'  To  this  day,  his  uncorrupted  Gospel 
has  not  seldom  been  seen  fleeing  into  the  wilderness  for  a 
refuge  which  it  could  not  find  in  the  high  places  of  Zion. 

Secondly. —  The  existence  and  growth  of  a  large  number  of 
feeble  churches  is  directly  dependent  upon  this  missionary  work. 

The  Historical  Report  of  our  Secretary,  gives  "one  hundred 
and  thirty-two  Congregational  churches"  in  the  State,  with  an 
average  of  nearly  forty,  and  a  total  of  about  four  thousand 
resident  members,  largely  dependent  upon  the  abler  societies 
for  their  religious  privileges.  They  are,  with  us,  "  contending 
for  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints."  Many  of  them  were 
the  school-mates  of  our  childhood.  We  have  walked  to  the 
house  of  God  in  company  with  them.  Together  we  have 
prayed  and  sung  the  praises  of  God  in  Zion.  We  hope  to 
meet  them  in  the  pilgrim's  final  home.  They  have  precious 
dust  sleeping  upon  our  hills  under  our  charge.  They  have 
borne  away  precious  memories  of  earlier  years.  They  will 
never  forget  the  Zion  which  gave  them  birth,  nor  the  friends 
who  led  them  to  the  Savior's  feet.  They  took  the  cup  of  sal- 
vation, and  gave  first  themselves,  and  then  their  children  to  God, 
at  our  altars.  Has  their  removal  to  another  and  possibly  a  more 
important  field  of  labor,  canceled  our  covenant  vows?  If  we 
had  the  power  to  dissolve  these  sacred  bonds,  how  else  can  a 
christian  conscience  be  pacified,  than  by  helping  them  bear  their 
burdens,  and  so  fulfilling  the  law  of  Christ? 

Thirdly. —  The  missionary  churches  are  doing  a  good  ivork 
for  the  communities  about  them. 

Look  at  the  influence  of  one  such  church.  What  a  work  of 
prevention  it  is  doing  !  How  much  worse  the  state  of  society 
had  been  without  it,  who  can  tell  ?  How  many  flood-gates  of 
immorality  its  feeble  hands  have  quietly  shut  down !  How 
many  sons  it  has  saved  from  dissipation  and  shame !  How 
many  germs  of  poisonous  fruit  it  has  nipped  in  their  budding ! 
Prevention  is  better  and  cheaper  than  cure,  the  obedience  of 
the  child  than  the  sacrifice  of  the  man. 

Compute,  now,  if  you  can,  the  positive  good  this  little  church 
has  effected.  How  many  minds  it  has  quickened — how  many 
saved  from  inglorious  action !     How  many  fountains  of  social 


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influence  it  has  purified,  and  Low  many  families  it  has  raised  to 
a  new  and  nobler  life  !  Its  influence  blesses  every  circle  and 
department  of  society.  Around  it,  as  a  common  center,  all 
good  things  crystalize  into  forms  of  living  beauty. 

But  all  this  is  incidental.  In  that  little  Zion,  Salvation  is 
placed.  She  is  made  the  mother  of  ransomed  souls.  Heirs  of 
glory  are  nursed  at  her  side.  She  is  a  vine  of  God's  planting, 
and  yielding  fruit  unto  life  eternal. 

Multiply,  now,  this  one  an  hundred  fold,  for  we  have  more 
than  a  hundred  such  vines,  entrusted  by  the  Lord  of  the  Vine- 
yard to  our  care.  Give  them  timely  culture  and  they  shall 
send  out  their  boughs  unto  the  sea  and  their  branches  unto  the 
river.  "Destroy  them  not,  for  a  blessing  is  in  them."  It  shall 
go  well  with  the  communities  in  which  they  are  planted  and 
sustained. 

Fourthly. — /  plead  the  urgent  necessities  of  our  new  and 
growing  settlements. 

We  have  not  only  the  waste  places  in  our  seabord  counties 
to  build  up,  but  an  increasing  number  of  villages  and  thriving 
settlements  in  the  new  counties,  where  the  institutions  of  the 
Gospel  should  be  planted  at  an  early  day — where,  in  fact,  they 
are  at  this  very  day  greatly  needed.  The  healthfulness  of  the 
climate,  the  rich  fertility  of  the  soil,  and  the  undeveloped  re- 
sources of  wealth,  to  be  found  in  these  counties,  will  at  no 
distant  day  attract  to  them  a  large  population.  What  shall 
be  the  social  and  religious  character  of  these  rising  communi- 
ties ?  Is  it  enough  that  they  advance  in  agriculture  and  the 
arts,  that  they  provide  themselves  schools  and  academies  ? 
This  they  are  doing  with  a  commendable  zeal.  Is  it  enough 
that  their  pastures  be  clothed  with  flocks  and  their  garners 
filled  with  wheat?  Do  they  not  need  sanctuaries  and  compe- 
tent religious  teachers  ?  Who  would  live  and  die  in  a  commu- 
nity destitute  of  the  Gospel  ?  It  may  be  rich  in  ore,  in  lakes 
and  forests ;  it  may  have  the  soil  of  Eden ;  it  may  be  "  well- 
watered  as  the  plains  of  Sodom,  and  as  accursed  as  they."  It 
will  be,  without  the  Gospel. 

The  wants  of  such  a  community  we  find  eloquently  pleaded 
by  the  noble  old  Puritan,  John  Owen,  more  than  two  hundred 


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rears  ago.  He  was  addressing  the  English  Parliament  in  be* 
half  of  "  those  parts  of  the  empire  which  were  destitute  of  the 
light  of  evangelical  instruction." 

"  No  men  in  the  world,"  said  he,  "  want  help  like  them  who 
want  the  Gospel.  Of  all  distresses,  want  of  the  Gospel  cries 
loudest  for  relief.  A  man  may  want  plenty  and  yet  be  full  of 
comfort  as  Micaiah  was;  but  he  that  wants  the  Gospel,  wants 
everything  that  should  do  him  good.  A  throne  without  the 
Gospel,  is  but  the  devil's  dungeon ;  wealth  without  the  Gospel, 
is  but  fuel  for  hell;  advancement  without  the  Gospel,  is  but 
Q-oinf  high  to  have  the  greater  fall.  0,  blessed  Jesus,  how 
much  better  not  to  be  than  to  be  without  thee  !  A  thousand 
perditions  come  short  of  this :  eternally  to  want  Jesus,  as  men 
do  who  want  the  Gospel." 

And  this  want  of  the  Gospel  is  an  urgent,  present  want, 
Now,  while  the  foundations  of  many  generations  are  to  be  laid ; 
now,  while  the  institutions  of  learning  and  religion  are  to  be 
moulded  into  enduring  forms,  "let  us  arise  and  build." 

We  honor  the  faith  and  the  foresight  of  our  fathers,  who 
followed  the  tide  of  emigration  from  the  mother  State  and 
endured  hardships,  in  laying  the  foundations  on  which  we  are 
now  building.  A  mission  was  given  them  to  fulfill,  and  how 
were  they  straitened  until  it  was  accomplished.  We  have  our 
mission,  viz :  to  set  the  seal  of  Gospel  institutions  upon  the. 
brow  of  these  youthful  counties,  which  they  shall  wear  for 
centuries  to  come.  It  shall  be  to  our  shame,  and  our  children's 
shame,  if  we  suffer  such  a  golden  opportunity  of  doing  good  to 
pass  unimproved ! 

We  should  not  forget  that  our  home  population  can  plead 
prior  and  superior  claims  upon  us.  They  have  first,  a  common 
claim  with  all  men  for  whom  Christ  has  died  and  provided 
salvation.  They  must  perish  as  certainly  without  the  Gospel 
as  the  men  of  Africa  or  China.  Indeed,  the  doom  of  the 
heathen  will  be  tolerable  in  comparison  with  theirs,  if  the 
Gospel  is  not  brought  near  enough  to  them  to  save  them. 
They  are  at  our  doors.  We  have  direct  and  easy  access  to 
them.  A  common  language  offers  itself  as  a  ready  medium  of 
christian  instruction.  They  have  common  ancestral  memories 
with  us- — a  common  christian  literature,  a  common  Bible.     A 


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common  blood  flows  in  our  veins.  Ties  of  social  sympathy 
and  channels  of  social  influence,  closely  connect  us.  All  these 
things  give  us  a  high  vantage  ground  in  urging  upon  them  the 
acceptance  of  the  Gospel.  Such  opportunities  of  doing  good 
must  impose  on  us  obligations  which  we  cannot  lightly  cast  off. 
Every  principle  of  patriotism  and  christian  wisdom,  bind  us  to 
care  for  them  and  seek  their  salvation.  They  are  by  special 
assignment  of  Providence,  left  in  our  charge,  and  in  the  care 
of  other  christian  churches  of  the  State.  The  people  of  Maine 
can  look  only  to  the  churches  of  Maine  for  help.  No  foreign 
"  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel"  can  now  be  expected  to 
send  us  missionaries.  Indeed,  our  flocks  that  have  been 
increased  with  men,  have  become  a  prey  to  our  appreciating 
brethren  abroad,  and  pastors,  whose  praise  is  in  all  our 
churches,  and  who,  as  we  thought,  were  dwelling  among  their 
own  people,  are  drawn,  or  driven,  to  other  fields  of  labor.  If 
we  are  to  honor  such  heavy  drafts  upon  the  consecrated  talent 
of  our  State,  we  have  need  to  be  looking  to  our  "School  of 
the  Prophets,"  and  to  be  seeking  from  God,  Samuels  and 
Elishas,  who  can  come  forward  and  take  up  the  falling  stand- 
ards and  lead  on  the  armies  of  Israel. 

Fifthly. — As  we  would  hasten  the  day  of  the  world 's  conver- 
sion to  Christ,  we  must  zealously  prosecute  this  work  of  Home 
Missions.  Not  only  is  there  no  antagonism — there  is  a  beau- 
tiful harmony  between  all  the  great  enterprises  of  christian 
benevolence.  We  would  not  place  the  work  of  Home  Mis- 
sions above  or  against  any  other  good  work,  least  of  all  against 
the  greater  work  of  "publishing  the  Gospel  to  every  creature." 
"We  would  not,  at  this  dark  crisis  in  our  Foreign  Missionary 
operations,  divert  a  single  dollar  from  any  mission  in  heathen 
lands.  Our  churches  have  not  done  too  much  for  the  field 
which  is  the  world,  but  too  little  for  the  field  which  is  their  own 
home.  We  have  not  provided  for  our  own  household.  It  is 
not  enough  for  the  christian  mother  to  pray  for  the  coming  of 
Christ's  kingdom,  nor  yet  with  Mary  to  cast  her  choicest  offer- 
ings at  his  feet.  She  must  see  to  it  that  her  sons  are  not 
coming  up  to  dishonor  her  memory,  and  propagate  an  influence 
for  evil,  all  the  wider  for  their  christian  parentage.  It  is  not 
enough,  that  a  christian  church  observe  its  "concerts  of  prayer" 


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and  make  its  stated  contributions  for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel, 
the  spirit  of  missions  must  live  within  her  own  bosom,  and  her 
sons  must  be  taught  the  blessedness  of  giving  themselves  unto 
the  Lord,  as  he  hath  need  of  them.  The  sacred  fire  must  burn 
steadily  upon  her  home  altars,  and  the  light  of  a  pure  Gospel 
shine  from  her  home  towers,  if  she  would  bless  the  nations  that 
"  sit  in  darkness." 

Let  the  christian  churches  of  our  State,  each  in  its  own  way, 
yet  all  upon  Christ,  as  the  common  Corner  Stone,  arise  and 
build.  Let  them  go  out  "  two  and  two"  from  every  church, 
after  the  primitive  mode  of  "  Home  Evangelization" — let  them 
carry  the  Gospel  into  every  destitute  district ;  lift  up  the  stand- 
ard for  the  people  ;  gather  the  neglected  children  into  Sabbath 
Schools.  Let  them  build  chapels,  costly  or  cheap,  as  they  can ; 
plant  churches ;  seek  out  and  help  forward  to  the  Gospel  Min- 
istry young  men  of  piety  and  promise,  and  thus  provide  pastors 
who  shall  educate  the  churches  to  habits  of  benevolence,  and 
every  home  church  shall  become  "  a  well-spring"  of  salvation 
for  the  ends  of  the  earth.  Our  heritage  shall  then  be  a  seed- 
plot  and  nursery  of  missionary  vines.  Our  country  shall  be- 
come, as  one  has  well  said,  "  a  recruiting-ground  for  the  armies 
of  Emanuel,"  where  the  soldiers  of  the  cross  are  in  training 
for  the  conquest  of  the  world.  Our  home  work  shall  then  be 
prosecuted  as  a  means  to  the  great  end,  of  the  world's  conver- 
sion ;  or  rather,  both  be  pursued  with  an  eye  single  to  the 
Redeemer's  supreme  dominion  and  glory.  The  divine  order 
was  to  "  begin  at  Jerusalem" — to  make  home  the  center  of 
operations  for  the  universal  propagation  of  the  Gospel.  Nor 
did  the  chosen  apostle  to  the  Gentiles  forget  this  divine  order 
by  a  neglect  of  his  own  kindred.  His  "heart's  desire  and 
prayer  to  God  "  was  for  Israel's  salvation.  He  sought  the  con- 
version of  the  Jews  as  teachers  for  the  Gentiles.  The  "ful- 
ness" of  Israel,  he  tells  us,  is  essential  to  the  perfected  "  riches 
of  the  Gentiles." 

It  was  in  the  spirit  of  a  broad  philanthropic  patriotism,  if  we 
may  so  say,  that  John  Knox  prayed,  "  Give  me  Scotland  or  I 
die."  For  the  sake  of  the  British  Empire,  for  the  sake  of  the 
world,  he  would  have  Protestant  Christianity  enthroned  in  the 
hearts  of  his   countrymen.      For   the   same   reason,  looking 


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through  the  salvation  of  our  own  to  the  salvation  of  every 
other  land,  with  the  king  of  Israel,  we  may  well  devoutly  pray : 
"  God  be  merciful  to  us  and  bless  us,  and  cause  his  pace 
to  shine  upon  us :  that  thy  way  may  be  known  upon 
earth,  thy  saving  health  among  all  nations." 

One  other  motive  I  must  not  omit.  The  text  contains  it. 
The  God  of  heaven,  he  ivill  prosper  us. 

"  Hitherto  the  Lord  hath  helped  us."  Maine  has  been,  from 
its  first  settlement,  his  inheritance.  Savage  passion,  set  on  fire 
by  Jesuit  craft,  was  not  suffered  to  consume  it.  He  gave  it  to 
our  fathers  through  a  baptism  of  blood,  which  their  sons  ought 
never  to  forget.  To  the  praise  of  God,  that  "persecuting 
power,"  which  has  been  in  his  hand  the  scourge  of  the  nations, 
was  baffled  in  every  attempt  to  gain  possession  of  it.*  Large 
portions  of  the  older  counties  were  settled  by  men  of  the 
Puritan  stock  chiefly  from  the  mother  State.  They  quitted 
themselves  like  men  in  the  endurance  of  hardships,  and  devel- 
oped a  noble  type  of  christian  character.  The  churches  planted 
by  them  have  held  fast  the  doctrines  of  the  cross.  They  have 
been  independent  in  their  organization  and  adoption  of  creeds, 
untrammelled  in  their  government  by  any  ecclesiastical  author- 
ity, yet  efficient  in  discipline,  and  harmonious  in  their  associated 
action.  Our  ministry  has  been  a  brotherhood  of  peers  and 
bishops  all,  by  divine  appointment,  having,  as  we  think,  the 
spirit  of  Christ.  They  have  been  united  in  counsel,  decided  in 
defence  of  truth  and  right,  abundant  in  labors,  and  not  unblest 
with  the  tokens  of  the  divine  presence.  And  at  this  time  do 
we  not  hear,  all  unworthy  as  we  are,  a  voice  from  the  Excellent 
Glory :  "  Be  strong,  all  ye  people,  and  work,  for  I  am  with  you, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts."  With  this  divine  commission  in  our 
hands,  sealed  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  what  encouragement  have  we 
to  prosecute  our  work.  The  Lord  is  working  with  us,  con- 
firming the  word  with  signs  even  more  convincing  and  glorious 
than  were  those  of  apostolic  times. 

My  brethren,  is  not  the  circle  of  motives  complete  ?  What 
other  incentives  to  this  great  missionary  work  do  we  need? 

As  strong  churches,  our  own  sustained  life  is  wrapped  up 
in  it. 

*  Bancroft's  History  of  the  U.  S.— Settlement  of  Maine,  vol.  1,  chap.  ix. 


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The  existence  and  growth  of  the  feeble  churches  is  suspended 
directly  upon  it. 

The  welfare  of  the  communities  into  which  these  "arks  of 
God"  are  carried,  is  secured  by  it. 

The  necessities  of  our  new  settlements  urgently  demand  it. 

The  multitudes  wandering  upon  our  mountains,  as  sheep 
without  a  shepherd,  plead  for  it. 

A  perishing  world  waits  for  its  accomplishment. 

More  than  all,  the  inspiring  presence  and  overshadowing 
glory  of  God,  moves  us  to  the  work  and  gives  us  the  sure 
pledge  of  success. 

If  the  God  of  Abraham  leads  our  way,  if  the  Mighty  God 
of  Jacob  is  our  strength,  and  it  is  his  pleasure  to  give  us  the 
kingdom,  what  more  can  we  ask  ! 

In  closing,  I  commend  to  your  prayers  and  sacred  charities, 
Two  Leading  Agencies,  for  Evangelizing  Maine;  viz:  The 
Maine  Missionary  Society,  and  our  Theological  Seminary, 
from  which  these  missionary  churches,  with  few  exceptions, 
must  have  their  supply  of  pastors,  or  go  without  them. 

In  pleading  for  the  first,  I  have  already  trenched  upon  the 
ground  of  its  Secretary,  who  is  able  to  speak  for  himself  and 
the  cause  he  represents.  This  Society  is  sustaining  a  noble 
band  of  missionary  laborers,  in  a  good  work,  both  ours  and 
theirs.  They  need,  they  deserve  an  ampler  support.  But  this 
institution  has  almost  no  other  than  an  annual  endowment  of 
loving  christian  hearts.  It  is  simply  the  almoner  of  our  offer- 
ings, dispensing  with  one  hand  to  the  missionary  churches  what 
we  put  into  the  other.  Shall  not  our  offerings  to  this  cause 
from  this  time  be  increased  ?  Could  not  many  of  us  increase 
them,  the  coming  year,  two  or  ten  fold,  and  not  exceed  the 
measure  of  our  obligation  to  the  Gospel  ?  Do  christian  men 
take  into  the  account  the  fact,  that  their  ships  and  merchandise, 
their  farms  and  forests  even,  derive  more  than  half  their  value 
from  the  present  partial  diffusion  of  the  Gospel  ?  Can  chris- 
tian.»men  live  under  the  peaceful  protection  of  wholesome  laws, 
and  have  their  persons  and  estates  under  insurance  at  the 
Gospel's  expense,  and  not  feel  the  obligation  to  pay  a  just  pre- 
mium for  such  advantages?  Can  they  possibly  maintain  a 
cheaper  police  to  guard  their  estates  and  homes  than  these 


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Home  Missionaries  ?  By  their  labors  in  part  certainly,  we 
have  our  wealth  and  good  estates.  Is  it  economy,  is  it  justice, 
to  suffer  these  faithful,  self-denying  laborers,  as  well  as  the 
pastors  of  larger  churches,  to  leave  our  State  for  want  of 
competent  support?  Let  the  churches  judge.  Neither  our 
prophets  nor  our  prophets'  wives  live  forever.  One  of  these, 
highly  esteemed  and  useful,  has  just  entered  into  rest.  One 
common  ruin  swept  her  and  her  dear  children,  eight  in  num- 
ber, (leaving  not  one  to  bear  up  her  name  or  bless  a  father's 
eyes  with  her  image,)  into  one  common  grave.*  Our  bleeding 
hearts  can  hardly  check  the  complaint,  "  Lord,  if  thou  hadst 
been  here,"  in  these  churches  of  Maine,  our  brother's  family 
"  had  not  died,"  and  our  brother's  heart  had  not  been  broken 
by  this  untimely  and  most  sorrowful  calamity!  But  '-'Aaron 
held  his  peace,"  and  so  must  we  ! 

Duty  may  sometimes  call  our  missionaries  away  to  the  West 
or  to  a  foreign  field.  Then,  we  bid  them  go,  and  plant  the 
Rose  of  Sharon  on  the  plains  of  Kansas  or  the  shores  of 
Africa,  and  pledge  them  all  needful  aid  in  their  work.  But  if 
any  of  the  needed,  useful  missionaries  of  Maine,  in  time  to 
come,  are  compelled  to  go  out  from  us,  for  want  of  the  meagre 
support  they  are  now  receiving,  what  son  of  Maine,  with  the 
heart  of  a  man,  not  to  say  of  a  christian,  will  not  pray,  ;'  Lord, 
let  it  not  be  I  who  shall  keep  back  part  of  the  price  of  such 
missionary  labor !"  If  Maine  is  to  deserve  the  distinction  of 
being  "the  mother  of  men,"  she  must  show  a  mother's  affection 
for  her  own  offspring  ! 

Nor  can  Maine  be  evangelized  without  men.  You  must  have 
men  to  command  your  ships ;  to  superintend  your  shops  and 
factories ;  to  hold  the  keys  of  your  banks ;  to  teach  in  your 
schools  and  colleges;  to  sit  in  your  courts  of  justice;  to  enact 
aud  administer  your  laws.  How  prostrate  and  forceless  are 
all  the  arrangements  of  society,  without  living,  competent, 
working  men !  And  what  are  all  our  church  arrangements, 
our  sacramental  boards,  our  assemblings  at  the  sanctuary,  at 

*I  hardly  need  say  that  allusion  is  here  made  to  the  family  of  Rev.  Horatio 
Ilsley,  who,  for  some  fifteen  yeats  before  leaving  our  State,  was  an  accepted  and 
successful  servant  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society.  A  testimonial  of  christian 
sympathy  for  our  afflicted  brother  may  be  found  upon  the  Minutes  of  the  General 
Conference. 


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our  marriage  altars,  at  the  burial  of  our  dead,  if  living  men, 
authorized  and  competent  to  officiate,  are  not  present  ?  What 
are  all  our  missionary  institutions,  and  collected  funds,  nay 
our  precious  Bib  es,  if  we  have  not  the  men  to  go  out  as  living 
teachers  and  ambassadors  for  Christ ! 

And  where  but  at  home  shall  we  find  the  men  ?  Our  churches 
are  supplied  only  to  a  limited  extent  from  the  Theological  Sem- 
inaries of  other  States.  Some  from  abroad  we  have  whom  we 
honor  and  love.  But  the  demands  of  the  West  and  of  the 
world  are  so  pressing,  that  we  cannot  get  ministers  for  Maine 
unless  we  educate  them  in  Maine.  No  argument  can  be  needed 
on  this  point.  The  large  majority  of  our  pastors  must  come 
from  our  own  churches  and  our  own  "  School  of  the  Prophets." 
The  Congregational  churches  of  Maine  are  then  shut  up  to  this 
alternative,  of  sustaining  their  own  Theological  Seminary, 
with  its  able  and  needed  body  of  Professors,  or  of  submitting 
to  the  necessity  of  having  pulpits  without  preachers,  and  flocks 
without  pastors  ! 

We  have  too  much  confidence  in  the  churches  of  Maine,  to 
believe  that  they  will  suffer  their  beloved  Seminary  to  languish 
and  die  for  want  of  a  proper  endowment.  It  is  a  child  of  too 
many  prayers  and  too  many  costly  sacrifices,  to  be  abandoned 
at  this  late  day !  It  has  received  too  many  signal  blessings 
from  on  high,  to  be  neglected  now  by  the  friends  of  Zion.  It 
has  a  corps  of  choice  and  faithful  men  filling  its  seats  of  instruc- 
tion whom  we  cannot  think  of  dismissing,  and  whose  wide 
christian  influence  we  cannot  afford  to  lose.  They  have  stood 
long  and  patiently  at  their  posts,  resisting  repeated  solicitations 
from  abroad,  for  our  sake  and  for  Christ's  sake  we  cannot  doubt. 
They  are  respected  and  beloved  by  us  all.  But  it  is  not  our 
commendations  that  they  need — not  our  compliments  that  they 
seek.  They  simply  ask  that  we  shall  deal  kindly  and  honestly 
with  them,  and  if  we  believe  that  we  cannot  do  without  the 
Seminary,  to  "  show  our  faith  by  our  works."  If  the  Congre- 
gational churches  of  Maine  will  make  an  earnest  and  united 
effort,  the  Seminary  can  be  placed  above  embarrassment. 

Brethren  of  the  churches,  suffer  a  word  of  exhortation  upon 
this  matter.     What  better  thing  can  you,  whom  God  has  pros- 


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pcrcd,  do,  to  secure  his  blessing  on  yourselves  and  your  heirs, 
than  to  set  apart  a  generous  portion  of  your  worldly  goods  to 
the  Seminary  of  your  own  State  ?  What  more  commendable 
method  can  you  take  to  secure  a  remembrance  by  future  gener- 
ations, than  to  place  upon  your  estate  the  seal  of  this  institu- 
tion, which  is  already  honorably  known,  and  represented  by  its 
talented  missionary  sons  in  every  quarter  of  the  globe  ?  0, 
will  you  not  reproach  yourselves,  ye  christian  men  of  wealth, 
when  called  to  give  an  account  of  your  stewardship,  if  it  shall 
appear  that  you  could  afford  to  expend  thousands  on  thousands 
upon  your  own  private  mansions,  and  to  maintain  "  the  pride  of 
life,"  but  suffered  to  perish  this  "  School  of  the  Prophets  ?" 
Through  this  agency  you  can  send  out,  from  year  to  year,  a 
succession  of  living  teachers  to  win  a  countless  number  of  souls 
to  Christ,  in  all  the  joy  of  whose  salvation  you  may  richly  and 
eternally  share.  Will  you  let  others  take  from  you  that  crown 
of  glory  which  the  Lord,  the  Righteous  Judge,  has  in  reserve  for 
those  who  shall  have  faithfully  used  the  talents  entrusted  to 
their  care  for  the  salvation  of  men  and  the  glory  of  God  !  It 
may  appear  that  what  you  have  tried  to  keep  has  been  lost  to 
yourselves  and  your  heirs,  and  only  what  you  have  given  back 
to  God  has  been  saved.  Riches  are  not  forever.  Do  good 
with  them  while  it  is  in  the  power  of  your  hands  to  do  it,  for 
that  power  will  soon  pass  away ! 

And  will  not  every  member  of  our  churches  deem  it  a  privi- 
lege to  do  something,  and  do  it  now,  for  this  worthy  object, 
before  death  defeats  the  long  delayed  purpose  of  benevolence  ? 
Let  us  not  wait  to  be  called  upon  by  an  agent,  but  each  one, 
between  himself  and  his  God,  determine  what  amount  he  will 
devote  to  this  sacred  institution,  and  communicate  his  or  her 
decision  to  its  Treasurer,  at  Bangor,  without  delay. 

Come,  one  and  all,  ministers  and  people,  let  us  lift  this  load 
from  the  Seminary  and  from  the  hearts  of  its  beloved  teachers. 
It  is  too  much  to  ask  of  them,  to  bear  this  burden  longer ! 
The  law  of  love,  of  gratitude,  of  justice,  demands  that  we 
should  take  it  upon  our  own  shoulders,  and  leave  them  free  to 
devote  their  unwasted  powers  to  their  appropriate  and  chosen 
work.     This  they  have  long  desired.     May  they  live  to  realize 


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their  hopes,  and  after  that,  live  long  to  bless  the  church  and 
train  her  sons  to  serve  at  her  altars.  Laclcn  "with  sheaves, 
late  may  they  be  called  to  their  reward. 

And  upon  the  hills  of  God  above,  may  we  all  be  permitted 
to  rejoice  together,  over  the  churches  gathered,  and  the  souls 
saved,  through  these  two  agencies,  so  signally  blessed  of  heaven 
hitherto,  The  Maine  Missionary  Society,  and  "  The  Maine 
Charity  School."*  Through  these,  and  kindred  institutions 
sustained  by  our  christian  brethren  of  other  denominations, 
whom  we  love  to  hail  as  fellow-laborers  in  the  same  great 
work,  may  God  save  the   people  of  Maine. 


ANNUAL    REPORT 

Of  the  Trustees  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society. 


Fifty-one  years  ago,  June  18,  1807,  in  the  neighboring  city 
of  Hallowell,  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  was  formed,  on 
motion  of  Rev.  Kiah  Bailey,  then  pastor  of  a  church  in  New- 
castle. He  also  was  President  of  this  Society  from  1815  to 
to  1822.  Since  our  last  annual  meeting,  the  Master  has  called 
him  in  a  good  old  age  to  higher  scenes.  The  same  blessed 
transition  has,  we  trust,  been  made  by  Rev.  Dr.  Tyler  and  Rev. 
Thaddeus  Pomeroy,  who  for  several  years  were  Trustees  of 
this  Society.  Of  those  who  had  been  for  many  successive  years 
its  missionaries,  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  Chapman,  one  of  the  first 
year's  graduates  of  our  Theological  Seminary,  and  the  Rev. 
Isaac  Carlton,  long  extensively  known  and  highly  valued,  as 
men  of  excellent  spirit,  good  and  useful  ministers  of  Jesus 
Christ,  have  during  the  past  year  rested  from  their  labors. 

*This,  viz.  "  The  Maine  Charity  School,"  is  the  corporate  name  of  the  Theological 
Seminary  at  Bangor,  and  the  title  which  should  be  used  in  leaving  legacies  by  will 
and  testament  to  the  Institution. 


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Tabular  "View. 

The  churches  and  settlements,  assisted  by  the  Society,  with  the 
nanies  of  the  missionaries,  and  other  particulars  annually  reported, 
will  now  be  given  in  a  tabular  form ;  to  which  will  be  added  brief 
sketches  of  the  several  fields  of  labor — of  those  more  especially  which 
have  been  blessed  by  the  reviving  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

TABULAR      VIEW. 


Churches  and  Missionaries. 

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1.  Acton, 

Rev.  Jonas  Fisk,  s.  s. 

June  GC,  1857. 

6  mo. 

50  00 

75 

34 

75 

18  00 

2.  Albany. 

Rev.  Samuel  L.  Gould,  j>\  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

200  00 

125 

66 

11 

1 

38 

60 

5  50 

4  00 

3.  Alexander. 

COOPEE. 

Mr.  Edward  H.  Buck. 

July  28,  1857. 

3 

48  00 

85 
90 

11 

16 

26 
33 

4.  Alna. 

Rev.  Samuel  Talbot,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

97  00 

100 

80 

12 

55 

20  00 

45  00 

5.  Amherst  and  Aurora. 
Rev.  Charles  Soule,  s.  s. 

Way  26,  1857. 

12 

75  00 

100 

25 

2 

5q 

5  00 

C.  Andover. 

Rev.  Mark  Gould,  P. 

Juno  26,  1857. 

12 

150  00 

125 

50 

22 

1 

45 

90 

6  75 

13  50 

7.  Baldwin  and  Sebago. 
Hiram. 
Rev.  Cyril  Pearl,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

75  00 

125 
75 

15 
16 

1 

3 

60 
85 

10  00 
5  00 

8.  Belfast,  North. 
Freedom. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Munsell,  P. 

July  31,  1857. 

12 

200  00 

175 
150 

58 
21 

6 

1-. 

10 

85 
50 

23  50 
20  00 

14  13 

9.  Benton. 

Clinton,  (Hunter's  Mills.) 
Rev.  Benjamin  Dodge,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 
Jan'y  11,  1858. 

3 
9 

50  00 
113  00 

150 
100 

11 
no 
ch. 

15 
5 

103 

70 

10.  Blanchard. 
Sangerville. 
Abbot. 
Guilford. 

Rev.  John  A.  Perry,  s.  s. 

Juno  26,  1857. 

12 

200  00 

75 
100 

75 

47 
23 
12 
no 
ch. 

5 

7 

11 

60 
100 

75 

16  50 
5  00 

20  00 

11.  Bradford. 

Rev.  J.  R.  Tufts,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

200  00 

150 

30 

■in 

8  00 

12.  Bridgton,  North. 
Harrison. 

Rev.  John  Dodd,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

6 

75  00 

125 

vs. 

45 
B2 

2 

45 
62 

5  50 
16  00 

6  35 
5  00 

13.  Bristol. 

Mr.  Truman  A.  Msrrill,  s.  s. 

Jan'y  11,  1858. 

6 

25  00 

130 

29 

12 

70 

17  00 

16  00 

14.  Brooksville,  West. 

Mr.  Irani  VV.  Smith,  s.  s. 
Mr.  Benjamin  D.  Henry,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 
Feb'y  7,  1858. 

7 
5 

58  00 
42  00 

125 

64 

2 

65 

12  62 

12  28 

15.  Brown-field. 

Rev.  James  Talton,  s.  s. 

IJuly  28,  1857. 

12 

100  00 

'100 

35 

2 

2 

50 

2  50 

10  00 

19 


TABULAR      VIEW. 


Churches  and  Missionaries. 


16.  Brownville. 

Rev.  William  S.  Bewail,  P. 

17.  Burlington. 

Rev.  E.  P.  Roberts. 
Mr.  G.  F.  Claflin. 

18.  Bcxton,  JVorth. 

Rev.  G.  VV.  Cressey,  P. 

19.  Cakmel. 
Kf.nduskeag. 

Mr.  Jonathan  E.  Adams. 

20.  Casco. 
Naples. 

Rev.  J.  P.  Richardson,  s.  s. 

21.  Dedham. 

Rev.  James  Wells,  s.  s. 

22.  Denmark. 

Rev.  Josiah  T.  Hawes. 

23.  Dexter. 

Rev.  Thomas  Smith. 
Mr.  James  H.  Fitts. 

24.  Dixfield. 

Rev.  J.  P.  Richardson,  s.  s. 
Rev.  William  V.  Jordan,  s.  s. 

25.  Dixmont. 
Unity. 

Wr.  James  H.  Fitts. 

26.  Durmam. 
Lisbon. 

Rev.  Henry  S.  Loring,  s.  s. 

27.  Edgecomb. 

Rev.  Amasa  Loring,  P. 

28.  Falmouth,  West. 

Rev.  Royal  Parkinson,  P. 

29.  Farmington  Falls. 
Chesterville,  North. 

Mr.  Jonas  Burnhain,  s.  5. 

30.  Flag  Staff  and  vicinity. 
Kingfield. 

Salem. 

Rev.  David  Turner. 

31.  Frankfort  Wills. 

Wr.  J.  G.  Roberts. 

32.  Fort  Fairfield. 
Salmon  Brook. 
Presque  Isle. 

Rev.  Elbridge  Knight,  s.  s. 


33.  Garland. 
Atkinson. 

Rev.  P.  B.  Thayer,  P. 


Date  of 

Commission. 


June  26,  1857.  12  mo 


July  28,   1857. 
July   28,  1857. 


June  26,  1857. 

July  28,  1857. 

April  14,  1858. 
August  1,1857. 
June  26,  1857. 


Sept.,         1857. 
April,        1858, 


June  26,  1857. 
May,         1858. 


July  28,  1857, 

June  26,  1857. 
Jan'y  11,  1858.1  6 

June  26,  1857. 12 

June  26,  1857.    3 

June  26,  1857.  12 


1-2 


4 
11 
11-4 


1  1-4 
1  1-4 


June  26,  1857 
Jan'y  11, 1858. 


June  26,  1857, 
Feb'y  1,  1858. 


June  26,  1857, 


12 


11  00 
62  00 


96  00 

33  00 

100  00 
18  00 


40  00 
40  00 


133  00 
29  00 


75  00 
75  00 


100  00  120 
25  00125 


200 
85 
50  00 


26 
50   no 
ch. 


9   3 
2 


96  00 
88  00 


138  00 

108  00 


150  00 


50 

60 

100;  no 

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9  35 


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4    35 


25  00 


6  50 


2  00 
8  00 


6  00 


82  26 


26  00  26  00 
22  17  64  78 


7  75 
5  00 


11  00 

17  00 


5  80 


80  22  00; 
75j 


30  00 


20 


TABULAE      VIEW. 


Churches  and  Missionaries. 


Date  of 
Commission. 


34.  Gilead. 

Rev.  Edmund  Burt,  s.  s. 

35.  GoULDSBOROUGH. 

Mr.  S.  G.  Norcross    ) 
Mr.  Thomas  Robie.  ( 

36.  Gray. 

Rev.  Allen  Lincoln,  P. 

37.  Harpswell. 

Mr.  Thomas  L.  Ellis. 

38.  Isle  de  Haute. 

Rev.  Joshua  Eaton,  s.  s. 

39.  Jackson  and  Brooks. 

Mr.  John  Sewall. 

40.  KlTTERY  POINT. 

Rev.  William  A.  Fobes. 


41.  LlMINGTON. 

Rev.  John  Parsons,  P. 

42.  Lincoln. 
Passadumkeag. 

Rev.  Alvan  J.  Bates,  P. 

43.  Lovell. 

Rev.  Joseph  Smith. 

44.  Machiasport. 

Rev.  G.  Bacheller. 


45.  Madison  Bridge. 

Rev.  Thomas  G.  Mitchell,  s.  s. 


46.  Mechanic  Falls. 

Rev.  William  V.  Jordan,  s.  s. 


47.  Mercer. 
South  Solon. 

Rev.  John  Forbush,  s.  s. 

48.  Monmouth. 
Fayette. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Conant,  s.  s. 

49.  Monson. 
Greenville. 

Rev.  R.  W.  Emerson,  P. 


June  26,  1857, 
July  28,  1857, 

June  26,  1857. 

August  7, 1857. 

June  26,  185 

July  28,  1857. 

Aug.  25,  1857 
April,        1858. 

June  26,  1857 


12  mo. 
2  1-2 

12 
2 

12 
1  1-2 


12 

12 
1  1-4 


100  00 
41  00 


E   >• 


150  00  115 
32  00  100 


100  00 
48  00 


100  00 
30  00 


June  26,  1857. 
June  26,  1857.  12 


200  00  125 
20  00|  75 


1115 
100  00  120 


June  26,  1857. 
Oct.    15,  1857. 


50.  Newfield,  West. 
Rev.  Jonas  Fisk. 


51.  ^ew  Portland,  West  and  North 

Anson,  South. 

Rev.  E.  S.  Hopkins. 

52.  Norway  Centre. 

Rev.  Nath'l  Richardson,  s.  s. 

53.  Norway  Village. 

Rev.  Asa  T.  Loring,  P. 


June  26,  1857. 
May,         1857, 

Oct.  8,       1857 

June  26,  1857 

June  26,  1857 
Feb'y  1,  1858. 

June  26,  1857. 
Feb'y  19, 1857. 
June  26,  1857. 


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150  00 
16  00 


75  00 
42  00 

50  00 

37  00 
200  00 


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40  00  16  00 

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TABULAE      VIEW. 


Churches  and  Missionaries. 

Date  of 
Commission< 

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54.  No.  11  and  vicinity. 
Fort  Kent.  ' 

Kev.  Marcus  R.  Keep,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

6  mo. 

100  00 

no 

ch. 

55.  Oldtown. 

Rev.  Ebenezer  Douglass,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 
Sept.,        1857. 

2 

10 

33  OO] 

125  00  150 

86 

35 

40 

100 

50  00 

56.  Orland, 

Rev.  Hiram  Houston,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

125  00,110 

36 

•j 

3 

100 

47  30 

83  96 

57.  Orono. 

Rev.  St.  L.  Bowler,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

200  00  150 

73 

22 

1 

40 

116 

35  60 

77  63 

58.  Orrington. 

Rev.  W.  Newell,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 
Jan'y  11,  1858. 

6 
6 

62  00 
50  00 

100 

57 

5 

1 

12 

90 

24  00 

5  00 

59.  Oxford. 

West  Mtnot. 
Rev.  G.  F.  Tewksbury,  s.  s. 

May  1,      1857. 

12 

150  00 

75 

125 

50 

56 

3 

29 

3 

40 

45 
115 

29  06 
13  60 

9  00 
11  40 

60.  Patten  and  vicinity. 

Rev.  Ephraim  Fobes,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

65  00 

100 

12 

4 

61.  Perry. 

Mr.  J.  J.  Bulfinch,  5.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

4 

33  00  100 

66 

60 

62.  Pittston. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Chapman,  s.  s. 

March,     1857. 

12 

100  00  100 

32 

5 

65 

6  50 

63.  Portland,  4th  Church. 

Rev.  E.  J.  Adams,  s.  s. 
Rev.  Amos  G.  Beeman,  s.  5. 

June  26,  1857. 
Jan'y  11,  1853. 

13-4 
5 

29  00 
83  33 

50 

45 

0 

6 

60 

64.  Raymond. 

Rev.  Luther  Wiswall, 

Oct.   27,   1857. 

1  1-2 

36  00 

75 

5 

10 

65.  Rockport. 

Rev.  J.  E.  M.  Wright,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

200  00 

100 

35 

2 

5 

13 

60 

31  00 

66.  Rumford. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857.  12 

125  00 

110 
75 

01 

3 

40 

10  00 

7  30 

67.  St.  Albans  and  vicinity. 
Rev.  Henry  White,  5.  s. 

June  26,  1857.112 

64  00 

60 

31 

■Hi 

11  51 

68.  Sanford. 

Rev.  Christopher  Marsh, 

July  9,      1857.  12 

80  00  112 

46 

1 

20 

56 

33  00 

69.  Searsport,  East. 

Rev.  David  Thurston,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

100  00  100 

31 

2 

4 

45 

7  53 

66  00 

70.  Sidney. 

,  Vassaleorough. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Wheelwright. 
Mr.  Henry  V.  Emmons. 

July,         1857. 
July   28,  1857. 

3-4 
2  1-4 

24  00 
43  00 

100 
100 

26 
49 

11 

17 

4 

80 
60 

14  20 

10  00 
16  00 

-71.  Solon  Village  and  vicinity. 
Madison  Mills. 
Embden. 

Rev.  Sidney  Turner,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

150  00 

150 
75 
50 

12 

7 
no 

ch. 

2 

7 

2 

•1 
■1 

90 

50 

6  00 

72.  Springfield. 
Lee. 
Carroll. 
Rev.  Charles  H.  Emerson,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

275  00 

150 

•J; 

9 

4 

6 

60 

16  00 

22 


TABULAE      VIEW. 


Churches  and  Missionaries. 

Dato  of 
Commission. 

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73.  Standish. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Hadley,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 

6  mo. 

75  00 

70 

50 

22  55 

30  00 

74.  Strong. 

Rev.  William  Davenport,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

200  00 

125 

95 

10 

80 

15  00 

"US.  Sumner. 

South  Hartford. 

Rev.  Benj.  G.  Willey,  P. 

Juno  26,  1857. 

12 

75  00 

150 

79 

50 

90 

23  00 

10  00 

76.  Sweden. 

Rev.  Charles  B.  Smith,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

150  00 

100 

48 

1 

20 

60 

17  75 

15  00 

77.  Temple. 

New  Vineyard. 

Rev.  Simeon  Hackett,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

100  00 

100 

70 
35 

3 

1 

5 

50 

4  00 

78.  Turner. 

Rev.  Samuel  Bowker,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 
Jan'y  11,  1858. 

5 

7 

62  00 
70  00 

140 

106 

4 

4 

90 

40  65 

24  00 

79.  Union. 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Kingsbury,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

100  00 

100 

57 

47 

80.  Waterville. 

Rev.  William  B.  Greene,  P. 

June  26,  1857. 
Sept.  20,  1857. 

2  2-3 

0  1-3 

30  00 

77  00 

200 

70 

15 

7 

30 

150 

37  00 

22  00 

31.  Weld. 

Rev.  Stephen  Titcomb,  F. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

75  00 

80 

40 

4 

1 

13 

B5 

13  64 

6  63 

82.  Westbrook. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Wheelwright,  P. 

Juno  26,  1857. 

6 

50  00 

180 

42 

2 

3 

5 

75 

40  00 

40  00 

83.  Whitneyville. 
Jonesbokough. 

JNoRTHFIELD. 

Rov.  Joseph  Peart,  si  t. 

June  26,  1857. 
Nov.,         1857. 

4 
8 

67  00 
100  00 

125 

50 
75 

42 
14 
15 

8 
5 

10 

7 

60 
50 

9  40 
2  83 
10  00 

84.  Wilton. 

Rev.  John  Baker,  s.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 
Jan'y  11,  1858. 

6  1-2 
5  1-2 

108  00 
80  00 

125 

74 

4 

2 

L0 

88 

28  58 

85.  W.  Mi  not  and  Mechanic  Falls. 
Rev.  G.  P.  TeWksbury,  s,  s. 

May,         1858. 

2 

19  00 

86.    WlNSLOW. 

Rev.  David  Sheploy,  5.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

150  00  125 

62 

1 

100 

25  00 

87.  Woolwich. 

Rev.  S.  S.  Drake,  i.  s. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

200 
100  00  175 

61 

6 

4 

25 

115 

68.  York,  (Scotland.) 

Rev.  Morris  Holman. 

June  26,  1857. 

12 

100  00|  80 

35 

3 

2 

60 

20  00 

10  00 

To  the  foregoing  might  be  added  a  new  missionary  field  in  Washington  county,  of  much 
promise,  consisting  of  Tofsfield  and  Ppinceton.  The  latter  place,  usually  called  Lewy's 
Island,  is  tho  present  terminus  of  a  railroad  from  Calais,  and  bids  fair  to  be  a  populous,  thriving 
settlement.  A  Congregational  chapel  is  now  nearly  completed,  and  religious  meetings  of  late 
have  been  occasions  of  peculiar  interest.  During  the  last  year,  six  months  were  spent  in  the  two 
places  by  Mr.  Edward  Buck,  who  received  one-half  his  pecuniary  compensation  from  contribu- 
tions to  the  Dome  Missionary  caase  by  the  churches  in  that  county. 


23 

Details  and  Results, 

1.  Mr.  Fisk's  labors  at  Acton  ceased  at  the  end  of  1857,  and  it  is 
not  known  that  any  effort  to  procure  preaching  has  since  been  made. 

2.  "  The  first  case  of  conversion  occurred  in  October  ;  and  the  work 
of  the  Spirit  has  been  progressing  ever  since,  up  to  the  present  time" — 
early  in  June.  "  As  to  means,  we  have  relied  upon  the  services  of 
the  Sabbath,  and  one  weekly  prayer  meeting,  together  with  personal 
conversation  with  the  impenitent.  With  one  exception,  all  the  con- 
verts are  in  the  morning  of  life.  Two  of  them  have  commenced  a 
course  of  study,  looking  towards  the  ministry."  During  the  three  last 
months  Mr.  Gould  has  preached  a  fourth  of  the  time  in  North  Water- 
ford,  where  he  has  had  "  a  large  congregation,  attentive  and  solemn." 

3.  Nothing  of  special  interest  reported  from  these  two  places.  They 
are  about  to  be  supplied  for  two  and  a  half  months  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Mc- 
Monagle,  from  the  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York. 

4.  "  In  connection  with  the  meeting  of  the  County  Conference  in  this 
place  last  year,  (June,  1857,)  a  hallowed  influence  was  realized.  The 
renewal  of  covenant  obligations,  then  made,  has  not  since  been  foro-ot- 
ten  of  us,  nor  unblessed  of  God.  From  that  period,  many  have  been 
greatly  refreshed,  and  all  our  meetings  better  attended,  and  pervaded 
with  more  of  the  Spirit's  influences.  Recently,  in  connection  with  the 
ordinary  means  of  grace,  it  is  hoped  that  some  souls,  perhaps  ten  or 
twelve,  have  been  renewed,  and  are  expecting  in  due  time  to  covenant 
with  God  and  his  people  here." 

5.  During  the  year,  two  families,  including  eighteen  persons,  two 
of  whom  arc  church  members,  have  gone  to  the  far  West.  "  Two 
hopeful  converts  during  the  year,  both  of  whom  have  joined  ther 
church  above.     Other  cases  of  more  than  usual  seriousness." 

6.  Some  account  of  the  revival  in  this  place  was  published  in  the 
Maine  Evangelist.  Of  the  forty-five  hopeful  converts,  not  all  can  be 
considered  as  belonging  to  the  Congregational  society ;  but  as  they 
belong  to  no  other,  and  their  conversion  occurred  in  connection  with 
the  labors  of  Mr.  Gould  and  his  people,  they  are  included  in  his  report. 
It  is  expected  that  his  pastoral  relation  to  the  church  in  Andover  will 
soon  be  dissolved. 

7.  A  standing  discouragement  at  Baldwin  is,  that  the  people  have 
been  accustomed  from  the  earliest  history  of  the  parish  to  rely  upon 
funds  for  the  support  of  the  Gospel.  "  We  are  encouraged  by  a  very 
marked  and  decided  advance  in  the  general  state  of  education  and 
morals/'— At  Sebago  a  new  (union)  house  of  worship  was  completed 


24 

a  year  since. — At  Hiram  "  meetings  have  been  quite  full  (for  the 
place,)  and  the  state  of  things  is  interesting  and  hopeful.  Two  or 
three  hopeful  conversions  have  occurred  in  one  family." 

8.  "  The  past  winter  has  been  a  season  of  great  trial  to  the  church 
in  North  Belfast.  But  just  now  (June  8)  things  are  assuming  a  better, 
appearance." — At  Freedom,  where  Mr.  Munsell  preaches  one-fourth 
of  the  time,  a  new  house  of  worship  has  been  built,  three  men  defray- 
ing the  expense,  two  of  whom  were  not  professors  of  religion ;  a  new 
Congregational  church  has  been  organized,  (including  several  persons 
formerly  connected  with  a  Baptist  church,)  and  a  very  cheering  revival 
influence  has  been  experienced.  "  Some  ten  or  more,  as  Ave  trust, 
have  given  their  hearts  to  the  Savior." 

9.  In  Benton,  where  the  church  has  been  so  much  reduced,  that  but 
one  male  member  survives,  and  the  event  of  one  sinner  repenting  has 
been  for  many  years  of  rare  occurrence,  "  God  began  to  revive  his 
work  about  the  25th  of  March.  Since  then  many  family  altars  have 
been  erected,  and  several  young  men  of  much  pi-omise  have  taken  a 
decided  stand  on  the  Lord's  side."  At  Hunter's  Mills  also,  much 
interest  has  been  awakened,  and  a  Congregational  church  will  soon, 
probably,  be  organized. 

10.  An  account  of  the  revival  in  Blanchard  has  been  published 
(furnished  by  the  acting  pastor)  under  the  heading  of  "  Encourage- 
ments and  Discouragements."  A  peculiar  feature  was  the  fact,  that 
the  three  first  instances  of  apparent  conversion  were  in  families  not 
accustomed  to  attend  public  worship. — The  church  in  Abbot  was 
reported  the  last  year,  prematurely,  as  extinct.  Five  members  re- 
mained ;  to  these  seven  more  have  been  added  by  letter,  and  arrange- 
ments have  been  made  to  secure  the  services  of  Mr.  Perry  the  coming 
year  one-fourth  of  the  time. 

11.  The  labors  of  Mr.  Tufts  in  this  place  ceased  the  last  February. 

12.  Mr.  Dodd  was  obliged  by  ill-health  at  the  close  of  the  year 
1857,  to  relinquish  this  field  of  labor,  though  he  has  occasionally  since 
supplied  at  North  Bridgton.  Arrangements  have  been  made  to  secure 
the  services  of  Mr.  Edward  Hawes,  after  the  anniversary  in  Bangor. 

13.  "  Recently  (June  8)  increased  interest — union  prayer  meeting 
every  evening  for  four  or  five  weeks — the  divine  life  deepened  in  the 
hearts  of  church  members — christians  laboring  with  humble  zeal  for 
the  salvation  of  souls — about  twelve  hopeful  conversions  and  others 
inquiring — three  or  four  newly  consecrated  family  altars."  The  ordi- 
nation of  Mr.  Merrill  is  expected  soon. 


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14.  "  Our  young  men,  almost  to  an  individual,  arc  enlisted  with  us. 
Our  sailor  boys,  though  perhaps  unable  to  worship  with  us  half  a 
dozen  times  in  the  year,  put  their  names  on  our  subscription  book, 
and  do  well  for  their  means.  « We  do  want  the  meetings  kept  up,' 
they  say,  '  for  the  sake  of  our  mothers  and  sisters.'  " 

15.  This  feeble  church  receives  liberal  aid  from  friends  in  Portland. 

16.  "The  younger  members  of  the  church,  beside  attending  our 
regular  Wednesday  evening  meeting,  have  kept  up  one  of  their  own 
on  Thursday  evening  for  more  than  a  year."  Some  improvement  the 
past  year,  in  the  matter  of  prompt  payment.  "  The  older  members  of 
the  church,  who  were  the  pastor's  Aarons  and  Hurs,  are  dead  or 
moved  away." 

17.  A  few  warm  hearts  and  ready  hands  (in  Burlington)  to  do  what 
they  are  able  for  the  support  of  the  Gospel.  The  congregation  is  as 
large  as  it  has  been  for  years.  A  religious  interest  is  now  going  on, 
(early  in  June,)  which  has  already  resulted  in  the  conversion  of  some 
individuals."  This  church  has  been  without  a  pastor  for  more  than  a 
year. 

IS.  "  This  church  during  the  winter  was  greatly  revived.  Of  those 
in  the  congregation  who  have  indulged  hope  in  Christ,  ten  have  made 
public  confession,  and  others  will  in  time.  This  work  of  mercy  (June 
3)  appears  to  be  still  advancing." 

19.  During  that  portion  of  the  year  (nine  months)  in  which  these 
places  received  no  aid  from  the  Maine  Missionary  Society,  they  have 
been  supplied  in  part,  Kenduskeag  one-half  the  time  nearly,  at  then- 
own  expense  with  Sabbath  preaching  from  the  Seminary.  For  the 
year  to  come,  the  Congregational  church  and  society  in  Carmel  "  pro- 
pose to  unite  with  their  Methodist  brethren  in  support  of  their 
minister." 

20.  These  two  places  constitute  a  new  missionary  field.  In  Naples 
a  beautiful  house  of  worship  was  completed  and  dedicated  to  God  on 
June  7,  of  the  present  year.  It  was  a  gift  from  a  number  of  benevo- 
lent individuals  on  condition,  "  that  the  pews  should  be  sold,  and  the 

proceeds  invested  in  a  fund,  for  the  support  of  preaching" one-half 

of  the  house  and  fund  belonging  to  the  Congregationalists,  and  one- 
half  to  the  Freewill  Baptists.  Attention  in  both  places  has  been  good, 
and  in  Naples  two  cases  have  occurred  of  hopeful  conversion,  where 
it  is  expected,  that  a  church  will  soon  be  organized. 


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21.  Mr.  Wells  did  not  reside  in  Dedham,  nntil  in  May  last.  Daily 
morning  meetings  were  then  held,  and  were  continued  afterward,  with 
cheering  indication  of  the  Spirit's  presence  and  power.  In  a  neigh- 
borhood, two  miles  distant  from  the  village,  a  very  pleasing  interest 
is  manifested.  Men  now  come  to  meeting,  who  had  not  been  present 
for  years.     "  There  is  much  to  encourage." 

22.  There  has  been  a  revived  religious  interest  through  the  town 
the  past  winter,  in  which  the  members  of  this  church  have  shared. 
Two  females  have  been  admitted  by  profession,  and  more  are  expected. 
Arrangements  have  been  made  to  obtain  Congregational  preaching  the 
coming  year  one-fourth  of  the  time. 

23.  The  Congregational  church  in  Dexter,  after  a  long  and  earnest 
struggle  to  support  the  institutions  of  religion,  were  so  much  en- 
feebled by  deaths  and  removals,  that  in  the  autumn  of  1854,  they 
found  it  necessary  to  shut  the  doors  of  their  sanctuary  and  to  enjoy 
what  privileges  they  might  in  other  houses  of  worship.  Last  Fall, 
however,  they  made  a  new  attempt,  and  after  doing  what  they  could 
for  themselves  by  a  liberal  subscription,  they  applied  to  the  Trustees 
for  aid.  Since  then  they  have  had  ten  weeks  supply  the  whole  of  the 
time,  and  one-half  the  time  for  six  months.  A  special  religious  inter- 
est commenced  with  the  re-opening  of  their  house  of  worship,  which 
gradually  increased  and  extended  until  it  became  quite  general. 

24.  Mr.  Richardson's  services  in  this  place  were  very  highly  valued. 
But  when  he  considered  it  his  duty  to  leave,  the  people  were  glad  to 
receive  another  minister  of  Christ,  who  had  formerly  been  pastor  of 
the  church  for  several  years. 

25.  No  Congregational  preaching  in  these  places  during  the  year,, 
but  in  the  twelve  weeks  of  Mr.  F.'s  mission. 

26.  "A  little  quickening  in  the  church"  at  Lisbon,  "and  a  few 
souls  converted." 

27.  "  The  past  year  has  brought  us  an  unusual  amount  of  afflic- 
tion"— in  the  death  of  "  one  of  the  best  of  deacons,"  and  the  removal 
of  several  valuable  members  of  the  church  and  parish.  "  Still  the 
people  have  struggled  through,  and  redeemed  their  pledges ;  have 
made  some  improvements  on  their  parsonage,  and  increased  their 
benevolent  contributions.  We  have  enjoyed  a  precious  revival,  the 
fruits  of  which  we  humbly  trust  will  add  greatly  to  the  moral  power 
of  the  church,  though  it  does  not  promise  immediately,  much  addition 
of  pecuniary  strength." 


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28.  The  revival,  with  which  this  church  has  heeri  blessed,  occurred 
during  the  last  winter  and  spring.  "  The  new  converts  (twenty-one 
of  whom,  were  expected  to  join  the  church  on  the  4th  of  July)  are 
mostly  young  men  and  women,  the  bone  and  muscle  of  the  parish." 

29.  Daily  union  prayer  meetings  were  commenced  at  Farmington 
Falls  in  the  month  of  May,  when  no  minister  was  resident  in  the 
place.  About  fifty  individuals  have  expressed  hope  in  Christ,  belong- 
ing to  three  denominations.  Many  of  them  are  heads  of  families. — 
*;  At  Chesterville  the  indications  (June  8)  are  very  encouraging." 

30.  Nothing  reported  of  special  interest. 

31.  "  Much  greater  interest  in  the  subject  of  religion  (June  4)  than 
for  a  long  time  previous.  Twelve  persons  have  been  propounded  for 
admission  into  the  church,  and  quite  a  number  are  inquiring.  We 
are  still  weak,  but  the  good  spirit  of  God  is  moving  upon  the  hearts 
of  some,  who  will,  I  trust,  be  useful  in  the  church  and  the  world." 

32.  Mr.  Knight's  labors  are  divided  in  several  places— at  each  of 
which,  save  one,  there  is  a  flourishing  Sabbath  school.  The  churches, 
where  there  are  any,  continue  feeble,  and  without  accessions.  "  The 
tide  of  immigration"  into  the  county  of  Aroostook,  "  is  unusually 
large,  and  we  feel  that  some  extra  effort  should  be  made  to  give  char- 
acter to  our  increasing  population."  Mr.  Knight  spent  two  Sabbaths 
and  ten  days  at  Monticcllo,  in  the  neighborhood  of  Houlton.  That 
church,  reported  last  year  as  extinct,  is  in  a  very  feeble  condition,  but 
might,  as  he  thinks,  be  built  up,  were  there  a  laborer  in  the  field. 
The  church  in  Hodgdon  he  visited  twice,  and  received  one  member 
into  it. 

33.  The  revival  in  Garland  commenced  with  a  church  fast  about  the 
first  of  April.  Afterward,  union  prayer  meetings  were  held,  "  charac- 
terized by  stillness  and  deep  solemnity.  The  most  skeptical  were 
constrained  to  admit  that  God  was  indeed  in  the  place.  From  twenty 
to  twenty-five,  we  hope,  connected  with  this  congregation,  have  been 
born  again.  A  number  have  united  with  other  churches.  Many,  we 
think,  (June  8,)  are  still  more  or  less  anxious.  To  God  be  all  the 
glory." 

34.  During  the  year,  for  satisfactory  reasons,  Mr.  Burt  has  spent 
eight  Sabbaths  in  Coos  county,  N.  H.,  in  the  employ  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Missionary  Society  ;  in  consequence  of  which  a  part  of  the 
sum,  appropriated  to  him  by  this  Socieiy,  has  been  given  up.  It  is 
hoped,  that  during  the  coming  year  the  adjoining  town  of  Shelburne, 
N.  H.,  will  be  united  with  Gilead  in  the  support  of  Mr.  Burt. 


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35.  In  some  parts  of  this  town,  "  there  is  a  strong  feeling  in  favor 
of  Congregationalism,  especially  in  Prospect  Harbor,  where  there  are 
three  or  four,  who  would  unite  with  a  Congregational  church,  if  one 
were  organized.  I  have  no  doubt,  but  that  the  people  would  raise  $3 
or  $4  a  Sabbath  for  a  part  of  the  year  at  least,  if  the  Maine  Mission- 
ary Society  would  furnish  the  remainder." 

36.  "  Amidst  all  the  opposition  and  hardship  endured  by  pastor  and 
people,  Congregationalism  in  Gray  still  lives.  Prayer  has  been  heard, 
and  a  shower  of  grace  has  come  down  upon  us.  Since  the  first  of 
January  last,  twenty  have  made  a  public  profession ;  others  are  in- 
dulging hope,  and  others  still  are  seriously  disposed.  Our  Sabbath 
school  is  increased  in  numbers  and  in  interest.  More  than  one-half 
of  those  connected  with  it  are  adults." 

37.  "A  lay  brother  from  Brunswick  holds  a  meeting  in  this  place 
every  Sabbath,  (June  12,)  and  visits  us  two  or  three  times  a  week. 
His  services  are  very  acceptable,  and  he  is  evidently  doing  good.  Our 
Sabbath  school  is  interesting,  and  some  persons  are  thoughtful." 

38.  On  this  island  a  new  house  of  worship  was  dedicated  and  a  new 
church  organized  in  May,  1857.  After  the  return  of  Mr.  Eaton  from 
Deer  Isle,  Avhere  he  spent  a  few  weeks  in  assisting  the  Rev.  William 
A.  Merrill,  during  the  glorious  revival  experienced  there,  more  of 
religious  interest  became  apparent,  and  in  April  two  young  persons 
united  with  the  church.  Since  then,  more  than  twenty  persons  have 
given  evidence  of  passing  from  death  to  life.  Several  persons  have 
left  home  for  the  fisheries  in  a  very  thoughtful  state  of  mind ;  and  we 
cannot  but  pray,  that  the  Lord  will  follow  them  with  His  Spirit, 
wherever  they  go." 

39.  The  additions  reported  to  this  church  are  mostly  the  fruits  of  a 
revival  during  the  year  preceding  the  last.  Some  instances  of  hearts 
renewed  occurred,  however,  last  Fall,  and  others  ore  reported  since  the 
late  annual  meeting. 

40.  This  ancient  church,  still  a  little  and  feeble  flock,  has  been 
greatly  encouraged,  under  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Fobes,  by  an  accession 
of  new  members,  and  by  an  increase  of  the  congregation. 

41.  "The  revival,  winter  before  last,  imparted  an  influence  to  the 
church  members,  which  was  sensibly  felt  in  our  social  meetings 
throughout  the  year.  Last  spring,  there  was  a  decided  quickening  in 
the  church,  and  meetings  were  held  almost  every  evening  for  about  a 
month ;  but  the  results  hitherto  have  not  been  such  as  were  expected. 


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42.  "With  sincere  gratitude  to  God,"  (writes  trie  pastor  of  this 
church,  under  date  of  June  9,)  "  and  a  deep  sense  of  unworthiness,  do  I 
make  out  this  my  tenth  annual  report.  Never  "before  have  I  been  ahle 
to  report  a  revival ;  but  God  in  his  great  mercy  has  visited  us,  as  well 
as  others,  and  within  the  last  two  months  hrought  many  of  my  dear 
people  to  repentance.  The  work  commenced  about  the  second  week 
in  April,  in  connection  with  two  extra  meetings  a  week,  beside  a  Sab- 
bath morning  prayer  meeting.  The  commencement  and  progress  of 
the  work  were  so  quiet,  and  so  little  opposition  manifested  itself,  that 
we  can  hardly  realize,  that  it  has  actually  been,  only  by  the  results 
that  we  see.  More  than  half  of  those,  who  have  passed,  as  they  hope, 
from  death  to  life,  are  heads  of  families.  Some  seven  or  eight  family 
altars  have  been  erected,  and  I  am  no  longer  without  help  in  my 
evening  meetings.  Many,  and  sometimes  very  severe,  have  been  my 
discouragements  for  the  past  ten  years.  But  this  more  than  compen- 
sates for  them  all  I  trust  the  Lord  will  forgive  me  for  having  had  so 
little  faith,  and  will  enable  me  from  this  time  to  lean  more  upon  His 
mighty  arm." 

43.  "  The  whole  of  Fast  day  was  spent  in  prayer,  confession  and 
exhortation;  and  a  more  precious  meeting  I  have  seldom  if  ever 
attended.  The  work  of  grace  has  been  perceptibly  deepened  in  the 
hearts  of  many  of  the  brethren,  and  the  state  of  the  church  is  de- 
cidedly better  than  at  any  time  before,  since  I  came  here.  Some 
seven  or  eight  in  connection  with  us,  have  already  indulged  hope, 
(June  5,)  and  many  others  are  apparently  seeking  after  God." 

44.  "  Since  my  last  report  the  Lord  has  done  great  things  for  us, 
whereof  we  are  glad.  The  work  has  been  still  and  solemn,  and  it 
still  continues  (June  15).  Not  a  week  has  passed,  since  it  began, 
without  witnessing  new  cases  both  of  seriousness  and  of  hope.  Most 
of  the  subjects  of  the  revival  are  from  among  the  young.  There  is  quite 
a  temperance  movement  here,  which  has  already  done  much  good." 

45.  No  decided  instances  reported  of  hearts  renewed.;  but  the 
church  to  some  extent  revived,  and  "  determined  to  succeed,"  and  the 
society  on  the  whole  in  a  healthy  and  hopeful  condition. 

46.  Mr.  Jordan  left  this  place  in  May. 

47.  During  the  past  year  the  meeting  house  in  Mercer,  owned  by 
Methodists  and  Congregationalists  jointly,  and  occupied  by  the  two 
denominations  on  alternate  Sabbaths,  has  been  new  modeled  and 
very  much  improved.  Some  thirty  individuals  have  recently  indulged 
hope  in  Christ ;  of  whom  seven  or  eight,  who  are  heads  of  families, 
have  already  expressed  a  preference  for  the  Congregational  church. 


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48.  Both  in  Monmouth  and  Fayette  some  individuals  have,  during 
the  year,  given  evidence  of  a  good  hope  through  grace. 

49.  Mr.  Emerson's  pastoral  relation  to  the  church  in  Monson  has 
been  dissolved.  At  Greenville,  where  he  continues  to  preach  a  part 
of  the  time,  indications  are  more  encouraging  than  heretofore. 

50.  For  nearly  two  years  past  this  society,  being  without  the  stated 
preaching  of  the  Gospel,  became  scattered  and  enfeebled.  But  now 
the  people  are  coming  together  again,  and  evidence  is  not  wanting 
of  the  gracious  presence  of  God. 

51.  "Good  attendance  and  attention,  and  an  increased  desire,  at 
North  New  Portland,  for  Congregational  preaching." 

52.  Mr.  Richardson's  ministry  in  this  place  began  last  November,, 
and  the  congregation  has  been  increasing  ever  since.  It  is  believed 
that  the  prospects  of  the  church  and  society  have  not  been  so  promis- 
ing for  years  as  they  now  are. 

53.  Of  the  precious  revival  of  last  winter  and  spring  in  Norway 
village,  some  notices  have  already  been  made  public.  Of  the  whole 
number  of  persons  professing  piety,  fifteen  were  married  people,  and 
six  of  these  were  males,  who  at  once  commenced  family  worship. 
Owing  to  "  the  depression  of  business"  in  this  village  "  a  number  of 
those  recently  added  to  the  church  have  already  removed  from  the 
place,  and  some  older  members,  and  families  also,  on  whom  we  placed 
much  reliance,  have  been  taken  from  us." 

54.  Mr.  Keep  has  not  been  in  commission  from  this  Society  for  the 
last  six  months,  and  no  report  has  been  received  from  his  field  of  labor. 

55.  "  The  past  year  has  been  in  some  respects  the  most  prosperous 
in  the  history  of  Oldtown.  For  nine  months  of  the  twelve,  souls  have 
been  coming  to  Christ.  In  the  judgment  of  charity  there  have  been 
one  hundred  and  fifty  conversions  during  the  year.  The  Baptist 
church  has  already  received  seventy-five  on  profession,  the  Methodist 
twenty-five  or  thirty,  and  ours  thirty-five.  Our  Sabbath  school  has 
been  greatly  blessed  in  the  conversion  of  several  of  its  members.  We 
shall  sustain  this  summer,  four,  and  perhaps  five,  mission  schools  in 
the  village  and  vicinity." 

56.  "  Meetings  well  attended.  Three  persons,  we  hope,  have  given 
their  hearts  to  God — others  thoughtful.  There  seems  to  be  a  steady 
growing  purpose  to  sustain  the  Gospel." 


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57.  The  special  religious  interest  in  this  place  commenced  apparently 
on  the  day  of  prayer  for  Colleges,  and  was  continued  and  extended  by 
means  of  morning  and  evening  prayer  meetings,  of  female  and  young 
men's  prayer  meetings. 

58.  "  Within  a  few  weeks  past  (June  7)  an  unusual  degree  of  in- 
terest in  religious  things  has  been  manifest — chiefly  among  young 
ladies,  members  of  the  Sabbath  school." 

59.  Mr.  Tewksbury's  labors  at  Oxford  ceased  the  25th  of  April. 
*'  In  West  Minot,  the  church  and  people  have  been  visited  with  a  rich 
and  powerful  refreshing  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord."  Within 
three  months  the  number  of  church  members  was  increased  from 
twenty-five  to  fifty-six  members.  "  Some  eight  or  ten  of  those 
recently  admitted  are  young  men,  who  will  probably  be  resident 
members,  and  will  add  something  in  pecuniary  strength,  as  well  as  in 
christian  graces." 

60.  "  There  has  evidently  been  a  revived  state  of  religious  feeling 
among  some  at  least  of  the  professed  friends  of  the  Savior  in  this  part 
of  his  vineyard  during  the  past  winter  and  spring.  Some  sinners 
have  been  awakened,  and  a  few  hopefully  converted.  As  the  popula- 
tion is  now  increasing  by  immigration,  there  are  more  than  heretofore, 
who,  without  missionary  labor,  will  be  as  sheep  without  a  shepherd." 

61.  During  the  winter  Mr.  Bulfinch  was  absent,  but  has  returned, 
and  will  supply  for  several  months  without  missionary  aid.  The  state 
of  things  at  Perry  has  improved. 

62.  Mr.  Chapman's  illness  and  death  occurred  just  at  the  time, 
when  arrangements  were  made  for  obtaining  his  services  another  year. 
His  place  is  supplied  for  the  present  very  acceptably  by  Mr.  P.  Mc- 
Vicar,  from  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  N.  Y. 

63.  "  The  number  of  colored  people  in  Portland  is  about  four  hund- 
red, and  the  most  of  them  usually  worship  with  us.  The  number  of 
church  members  is  forty-five,  of  whom  eight  or  ten  are  always  away. 
Within  a  few  weeks  (June  18)  several,  we  trust,  have  been  converted, 
and  will  by  and  by  unite  with  the  church.  Some  of  the  members  of  the 
church  feel  a  very  deep  interest  in  their  spiritual  home,  and  hope  to  see 
their  children  here  trained  up  for  the  service  of  their  blessed  Redeemer. 
A  spirit  of  social  and  moral  improvement  is  manifest  among  the  peo- 
ple, which  promises  well  for  the  future,  and  the  promise  is  sure  that 
Ethiopia  shall  soon  stretch  out  her  hands  unto  God." 


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64.  "  About  ten  persons,  perhaps  twelve  or  thirteen,  have  expressed 
hope,  (June  10,)  in  the  most  of  whom  I  have  confidence.  As  many 
more  were  deeply  interested,  but  no  real  progress  was  made,  after 
other  denominations,  Bullockites,  Adventists,  &c,  took  hold  of  the 
work." 

65.  "At  our  church  fast  in  February,  a  humble  tender  feeling 
seemed  to  pervade  all  hearts,  and  an  earnest  desire  for  the  salvation 
of  souls.  It  was  agreed  at  this  meeting,  to  unite  at  sunset  each  day 
in  prayer  for  the  Holy  Spirit,  all  retiring  to  their  closets,  or  at  least 
breathing  a  silent  prayer  for  this  blessing.  From  that  time  the  inter- 
est gradually  increased,"  and  instances  occurred  of  conviction  and 
hope.  "  The  work  from  the  first  has  been  peculiarly  silent  and  gentle. 
The  interest  still  continues"  (June  12).  Mr.  Wright  was  installed 
pastor  of  this  church  on  the  29th  of  last  September. 

G6.  "  A  year  emphatically  of  trial" — of  hard  ministerial  labor,  but 
of  little  apparent  success. 

67.  Another  devoted  faithful  laborer,  so  far  as  his  physical  strength 
will  permit,  who  does  not  as  yet  witness  any  ingathering  of  souls. 

68.  Mr.  Marsh  was  ordained  pastor  of  this  church  in  June,  1823 — 
was  dismissed  in  December,  1827 — and  now  finds  himself  in  the  same 
field,  under  an  unanimous  call  to  a  re-settlement  in  the  pastoral  office. 
"  The  past  year  has  been  one  of  great  interest — members  of  the  church 
quickened,  backsliders  reclaimed,  and  sinners  converted.  A  female 
prayer  meeting  has  been  greatly  blessed  in  commencing  and  carrying 
forward  the  good  work."  This  church,  assisted  last  year  by  a  grant 
of  888,  now  ask  for  $50;  but  "have  resolved  to  make  an  effort  to 
pay  it  themselves." 

69.  Very  good  attention  by  the  young  at  meetings  for  prayer,  and 
in  a  class  engaged  in  studying  the  Assembly's  Catechism. 

70.  During  the  last  eighteen  months  both  these  churches  have  been 
blessed  by  reviving  and  converting  influences,  increasing  the  number 
of  members  from  twelve  to  twenty-six,  and  from  twenty-eight  to  forty- 
nine.  They  are  expecting,  for  the  year  to  come,  the  ministrations, 
upon  two  successive  Sabbaths  alternately  in  each  place,  of  Mr.  Benja- 
min Southworth. 

71.  "  Our  church  at  Solon  Village  is  in  a  more  hopeful  state,  than 
it  has  been  for  years."  A  Congregational  church  has  been  organized 
at  Madison  Mills,  and  "  for  months  past  there  has  been  a  growing 
interest." 


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72.  The  Congregational  church  scattered  over  these  places  is  still  a 
"  little  flock,"  having  but  "  little  strength."  But  they  are  now  blessed 
with  a  very  convenient  and  beautiful  house  of  worship,  wholly  paid 
for  and  entirely  under  their  control.  Thirteen  have  been  added  during 
the  past  year,  and  a  number  more  are  expected  soon  to  join  them.  Mr. 
Emerson  was  ordained  their  pastor  on  the  16th  day  of  December  last, 
the  same  day  on  which  they  first  took  possession  of  their  new  house 
of  prayer. 

73.  Mr.  Hadley  was  dismissed  the  last  winter. 

74.  "  Last  fall  three  individuals  resolved  to  have  a  weekly  prayer 
meeting  in  our  village,  pledging  themselves  to  stand  by  each  other  in 
the  attempt,  whether  many  or  few  should  attend.  These  weekly 
meetings  increased  in  numbers  and  interest  until  about  the  first  of 
March,  when  a  union  prayer  meeting  was  established,  (a  new  thing  in 
this  place,)  held  at  each  meeting  house  alternately  daily  for  fifteen 
days,  and  afterward  three  times  a  week  to  the  present  time  (June  4). 
Many  church  members  have  been  revived,"  and  some  ten  or  twelve 
from  among  the  impenitent  are  believed  to  have  been  made  partakers 
of  renewing  grace. 

75.  "  A  very  precious  revival,  commencing  with  some  extra  meet- 
ings about  the  first  of  April.  No  foreign  help — simply  a  church  effort, 
and  wonderfully  blessed.  The  Spirit  was  so  manifestly  with  us,  that 
no  one  doubted  His  presence.  Such  death-like  stillness,  such  meltings 
of  soul  I  never  witnessed  before." 

78.  Mr.  Smith's  labors  in  Sweden  were  closed  about  the  last  of 
May.  Prior  to  that  time  the  church  had  been  quickened,  and  a  num- 
ber of  persons  had  expressed  a  hope  in  Christ.  Since  then  the  interest 
has  very  much  increased. 

77.  Mr.  Turner  having  been  dismissed  from  the  church  in  New 
Vineyard,  Mr.  Hackett  has  divided  his  labors  for  some  time  past 
between  that  place  and  Temple.  The  church  in  Temple  has  been 
quickened  and  enlarged. 

78.  This  church  and  society  are  represented  as  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition, and  their  committee  express  the  "  hope  that  the  day  is  not 
distant,  when  they  shall  be  both  able  and  willing  to  assume  the  entire 
support  of  the  Gospel." 

79.  Mr.  Kingsbury  left  in  April  last,  and  no  permanent  supply  has 
since  been  obtained. 

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80.  "  The  good  work  began  to  manifest  itself  the  latter  part  of 
January,  and  until  recently  (June  15)  there  have  been  cases  of  hopeful 
conversion,  and  new  inquirers  every  week.  There  had  been  marked 
tenderness  of  feeling  on  the  part  of  many  during  the  summer  previous. 
The  beginning  of  the  new  year  witnessed  a  larger  accession  to  our 
Sabbath  school,  and  a  greater  enthusiasm  in  the  study  of  the  Bible, 
than  had  been  before  known." 

81.  During  the  past  winter  and  spring  the  attention  of  the  people 
in  this  town  was  very  extensively  awakened  to  the  subject  of  religion, 
and  many  persons  professed  the  Christian  hope,  including  several  who 
attend  on  Mr.  T.'s  ministry.  The  Congregational  society,  however, 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  strengthened. 

82.  This  people  have  not  applied  for  missionary  aid  during  the  last 
six  months.  Recently  the  church  has  been  revived,  and  accessions 
have  been  made  to  it. 

83.  Since  the  close  of  Mr.  Tewksbury's  labors  at  Oxford,  and  of 
Mr.  Jordan's  at  Mechanic  Falls,  an  arrangement  has  been  made  for  Mr. 
T.  to  preach  alternately  at  Mechanic  Falls  and  West  Minot. 

84.  The  gracious  influence,  so  extensively  felt,  has  reached  two  of 
these  churches.  At  Jonesborough  our  people  have  recently  united 
with  the  Baptists  in  hearing  and  contributing  to  the  support  of  a  min- 
ister of  their  communion. 

85.  "  Since  we  entered  our  new  house  of  worship,  our  average  con- 
gregation has  nearly  doubled,  and  our  Sabbath  school  quite  so. 
During  the  last  winter  an  unusual  religious  interest  of  a  quiet  char- 
acter has  pervaded  the  community.  Several  young  men  of  much 
promise,  some  of  whom  are  preparing  for  college,  have  been  hopefully 
converted.     The  interest  (June  12)  still  continues." 

86.  "  The  church  is  in  a  good  state  as  to  spirituality  and  prayerful- 
ness."  For  several  weeks  Mr.  Shepley  was  taken  off  from  his  labors 
by  ill-health,  and  is  still  feeble. 

87.  When  Mr.  D.  first  suggested  to  the  Baptists  and  Methodists  of 
W.  the  establishment  of  "  union  prayer  meetings,"  he  did  not  know 
that  there  was  such  a  meeting  in  the  country.  The  measure,  he  says, 
has  proved  a  blessing  to  us.  "  Five  were  added  by  profession  the  last 
Sabbath" — the  first  in  June — "  others  will  join  at  our  next  communion. 
Hopeful  conversions  in  the  town,  fifty  or  sixty." 

88.  This  ancient  church  is  still  feeble,  (though  it  has  received  during 
the  year  some  enlargement,)  and  is  expecting  soon  to  be  deprived  of 
him  who  has  been  its  pastor  for  thirteen  years. 


SUMMARY. 


The  whole  number  of  missionaries,  in  commission  during  the 
year,  has  been  eighty-nine — seventy-four  of  them  ordained  min- 
isters, (of  whom  two  have  been  installed  as  pastors,  since  our 
last  annual  meeting.)  and  fifteen  licentiates.  Fifty-four  have 
been  in  commission  through  the  year,  sixteen  for  six  months 
and  upwards,  nineteen  for  less  than  six  months.  During  the 
year  the  connection  of  four  pastors  and  of  six  stated  supplies 
with  the  churches,  to  which  they  ministered,  has  ceased;  of 
whom  three  have  left  the  State,  and  six  are  employed  within 
the  State  in  other  portions  of  the  vineyard.  Four  missionary 
stations  are  supplied  by  men,  who  during  the  year  have  come 
among  us  from  other  States. 

The  fields  of  labor,  occupied  during  the  year,  have  been 
eighty-eight;  comprising  one  hundred  and  six  churches,  and 
twenty-five  places  where  is  no  (Congregational)  church.  Of 
these  one  hundred  and  thirty-one  stations,  forty  have  been 
supplied  with  preaching  all  the  time;  fourteen,  three-fourths ; 
seventeen,  one-half;  thirty,  one-fourth,  and  thirty  less  than  one- 
fourth.  The  number  of  persons  added  to  the  churches  has 
been  five  hundred  and  six;  by  profession  four  hundred  and 
six,  by  letter  one  hundred.  The  average  congregations  have 
amounted  to  upwards  of  twelve  thousand;  of  persons  con- 
nected with  Sabbath  classes  and  Bible  classes  to  about  seven 
thousand.  The  sunT~total  of  contributions  to  this  Society  has 
been  $1,304.15 ;  to  other  benevolent  objects,  so  far  as  reported, 
$957.27;  in  all,  $2,261.42;  being  more  than  one-fifth  of  what 
they  have  received  from  the  treasury  of  this  Society.  The 
amount  of  service  performed  has  been  equal  to  about  seventy 
years ;  the  part  for  which  they  have  been  remunerated  by 
this  Society,  has  been  about  twenty-seven  and  one-third  years. 


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From  six  of  the  whole  number  of  missionary  fields,  forty  and 
upwards  of  hopeful  conversions  are  reported ;  from  two  of 
them,  thirty  and  upwards;  from  thirteen,  twenty  and  upwards; 
from  eighteen,  ten  and  upwards ;  from  thirty,  less  than  ten — 
leaving  but  nineteen,  from  which  none  are  reported.  The 
whole  number  reported  is  nine  hundred  and  forty-four;*  larger 
by  nearly  one  hundred  and  fifty,  than  has  been  returned  in  any 
one  year  before,  since  the  Society  was  instituted. 

It  is  peculiarly  delightful,  in  reviewing  the  history  of  the  past 
year,  to  find  so  many  of  the  feeble  churches  blessed,  and  some 
fishers  of  men,  who  for  years  had  cast  down  their  nets  and 
caught  almost  nothing,  rejoicing  at  length  in  an  abundant 
draught.  Now  they  learn  the  wisdom  of  holding  on ;  and  the 
blessed  results  of  hoping,  and  in  the  path  of  duty  waiting,  for 
the  salvation  of  the  Lord.  So  will  it  be  with  those,  the  few 
comparatively,  including  however  some  of  the  ablest  and  best 
men  commissioned  by  your  Trustees,  who,  at  the  close  of  this 
year  of  Zion's  prosperity,  are  not  able  to  rejoice  over  one 
repenting  sinner  in  the  congregations  to  which  they  minister. 

Let  them  that  sow  in  sadness,  wait 

Till  the  fair  harvest  come  ; 
They  shall  confess  their  sheaves  were  great, 

And  shout  the  blessing  home. 

Dark  Spots. 
In  the  sketches  given  by  those  of  our  brethren  more  highly 
favored,  there  are  some  dark  spots.  One  speaks  of  some 
church  members,  as  "  holding  back."  Another,  of  a  prominent 
member  in  the  church,  as  standing  aloof  from  prayer  meetings, 
because  unwilling  cordially  to  unite  with  fellow-christians,  mani- 
festing on  their  part  a  fraternal  spirit,  of  a  different  evangelical 
denomination.  Another  says,  "  the  hardness  of  heart,  which  our 
blessed  Lord  was  accustomed  to  rebuke  in  His  disciples,  and 
which  made  them  indifferent  and  unbelieving  even  amidst  some 
of  His  greatest  miracles, — I  never  understood  this  source  of 
His  sorrows,  until  now — when  some  of  this  church  have  ap- 
peared to  take  no  particular  interest  in  the  work  of  God,  and 
have  manifested  so  little  gratitude."     It  is  distressing  to  hear 

*  Including  all  of  different  denominations,  to  whom  our  missionaries  have  preached 
in  union  houses  of  worship,  the  number  would  very  considerably  exceed  one  thousand. 


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such  statements  respecting  any  of  the  churches  aided  by  this 
Society.  But  we  seriously  doubt,  whether  there  be  many  of 
our  self-sustaining  churches,  that  arc  not  liable,  in  relation  to 
some  of  their  members,  to  the  same  condemnation.  We  do, 
however,  rejoice  in  believing,  that  the  spirit  of  prayer,  and  of 
brotherly  love,  and  of  active  effort  in  the  cause  of  Christ,  has 
pervaded  recently  the  evangelical  churches  of  the  State  and  of 
the  whole  land  to  an  unusual  extent;  and  we  cherish  a  confi- 
dent persuasion,  that  the  lessons  thus  learned  will  not  soon  be 
forgotten. 

Progress. 
During  the  past  year,  the  churches  at  Litchfield  and  Foxcroft 
have  been  self-supporting.  The  church  at  Oldtown  has  signi- 
fied its  intention,  and  the  church  in  Sanford  its  hope,  to  be  such 
in  future.  Two  new  churches  have  been  organized  at  Freedom 
and  Madison  Mills.  Two  others,  it  is  expected,  will  soon  be 
at  Hunter's  Mills  in  Clinton,  and  Naples.  Houses  of  worship 
have  been  completed  at  Sebago,  Springfield,  Wilton,  Naples  and 
Freedom.  A  new  house  of  worship  will  soon  be  completed  at 
Princeton.  One  has  been  new  modeled  and  very  much  im- 
proved at  Mercer.  Important  repairs  have  been  made  at  North 
Buxton,  and  a  new  bell  has  been  obtained  at  Garland. 


State  of  the  Treasury. 

In  addition  to  the  loan  of  $1,000,  standing  against  the  Society 
at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  it  has  been  necessary  to  borrow 
$2,425  more.  Of  these  several  debts  $1,900  have  been  paid, 
and  $1,525  remain  due,  $500  of  which  will  not  probably  be 
called  for. 

The  receipts  during  the  year  have  been,  in  donations  from 
individuals,  congregations,  and  female  societies,  $8,960.24; 
from  legacies,  $539 ;  from  dividends,  interest  on  notes,  &c, 
I6S3.73.  The  whole  amount,  exclusive  of  loans,  and  of  bal- 
ance on  hand  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  has  been  $10,182.97 ; 
of  which  $204.80  are  not  available  for  the  use  of  the  Society. 
The  principal  deficiency  of  the  last  year,  in  comparison  with 
the    preceding,  has    been  in  legacies — amounting    to    $1,186. 


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$1,000  have  been  bequeathed  to  the  Society  by  the  late  Solo- 
mon Thayer,  Esq.,  of  Portland,  of  which  $300  have  been  paid. 
The  balance  now  on  hand  is  $284.19.  The  amount,  due  this 
day  for  services  already  rendered,  is  nearly  $4,900.  The 
amount,  which  churches  aided  for  a  few  months  past  have  been 
encouraged  to  expect,  in  completion  of  the  year  for  which  their 
arrangements  have  been  made,  is  about  $1,200. 

How  far  the  pecuniary  strength  of  the  missionary  churches 
will  be  increased  by  the  late  revivals,  it  is  not  easy  now  to 
ascertain.  Probably  not  in  any  very  considerable  degree, 
except  as  the  increase  of  available  means  is  connected  with 
enlargement  of  heart.  In  this  way  it  may  be  confidently  hoped, 
that  some  of  them  will  be  strengthened  to  contribute  more 
largely,  than  heretofore,  for  the  support  of  the  Gospel.  More 
than  a  thousand  individuals  connected  with  these  churches  now 
feel  the  value  of  christian  institutions,  as  they  have  never  felt 
it  before.  And  will  they  not  more  readily  assume  the  obliga- 
tions resting  on  them,  who  receive  through  the  ministers  of 
Christ  the  richest  spiritual  blessings,  to  aid  in  supplying  their 
temporal  wants  ?  An  enlightened  love  to  the  Savior  and  His 
Gospel,  can  scarcely  fail  of  producing  this  result. 

They  also,  who  being  connected  with  self-sustaining  churches, 
are  able  more  fully  to  enjoy  the  blessedness  of  giving — will 
they  not  evince  the  sincerity  of  their  gratitude  to  Him  who 
having  given  Himself  for  them,  and  being  by  the  right  hand  of 
God  exalted,  and  having  received  of  the  Father  the  promise  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  has  shed  forth  this  which  we  have  now  seen 
and  heard,  by  imparting  more  freely  and  abundantly  of  what 
He  has  entrusted  to  their  stewardship,  in  aid  of  His  feeble 
churches,  for  the  support  of  His  beloved  ministers,  laboring  for 
the  advancement  of  His  cause,  and  the  salvation  of  souls  for 
which  He  died?  How  can  they  fail  to  regard  this,  as  both 
their  duty  and  privilege  ?  By  withholding  more  than  is  meet, 
how  can  they  satisfy  either  the  dictates  of  a  good  conscience, 
or  the  promptings  of  a  loving  heart  ? 

We  do  not  maintain,  that  the  claims  of  Home  Missions  are 
the  only  claims  upon  our  benevolence,  that  ought  to  be  regarded. 
We  will  not  assert  even  that  they  are  paramount  to  all  others. 
But  we  do  contend,  that  this  cause  makes  a  very  urgent  demand 


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upon  the  love  of  Christ,  and  upon  the  love  of  country.  To  us 
it  is  obeying  the  command,  to  begin  at  Jerusalem.  It  is  pro- 
viding for  our  own  in  a  matter  of  urgent  necessity,  of  primary 
importance.  In  looking  attentively  over  this  broad  land,  or 
even  over  this  eastern  portion  of  it,  even  now,  who  does  not 
rejoice  with  trembling?  Who  docs  not  feel  the  need  of 
increased,  untiring  effort  to  stem  the  ever-swelling  tide  of 
evil,  and  to  deepen  and  widen  the  channels,  and  to  do  all  that 
man  can  do,  for  the  progress  and  diffusion,  of  the  pure  river  of 
the  water  of  life  ?  Surely  the  only  conservative  and  reforming 
influence  to  be  relied  upon  is  the  Gospel  of  the  Son  of  God, 
its  principles,  its  precepts,  in  all  the  length  and  breadth  of 
them,  faithfully  dispensed  in  every  divinely  appointed  method, 
and  accompanied,  in  answer  to  the  prayer  of  faith  and  of 
intense  desire,  by  the  quickening  influences  of  the  good  Spirit  of 
God.  How  unutterably  important,  then,  is  the  more  thorough 
evangelization  of  Maine — and  of  our  whole  American  homestead. 
Blessed  be  God  for  the  precious  encouragement  that  he  is 
o-iving  us  by  the  glorious  revivals  of  the  last  few  months.  Let 
them  be  continued,  extended,  multiplied  from  month  to  month, 
from  year  to  year;  then  would  glory  dwell  in  our  land,  mercy 
and  truth,  righteousness  and  peace  would  prevail  in  all  our 
borders.  All  is  with  Him.  May  our  souls  ever  wait  upon 
God;  and  while  we  praise  Him  for  all  that  He  hath  bestowed 
upon  us,  and  for  the  great  goodness  which  he  hath  shown  us, 
according  to  His  mercies,  and  according  to  the  multitude  of  His 
loving  kindnesses,  let  our  prayer  be :  Help  us,  0  God  of  our 
salvation,  for  the  glory  of  thy  name,  and  deliver  us,  and  purge 
away  our  sins,  for  thy  name's  sake.  So  we,  thy  people  and 
sheep  of  thy  pasture,  will  give  thee  thanks  forever.  We  will 
show  forth  thy  praise  to  all  generations. 


ANNUAL    MEETING. 


The  fifty-first  annual  meeting  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  was 
held  with  the  South  Congregational  Church  in  Augusta,  June  23d, 
1858.  The  meeting  was  opened  by  the  President  with  reading  the 
Scriptures  and  prayer.  The  Report  of  the  Treasurer  was  read  and 
accepted.  After  the  Sermon  by  Rev.  E.  G.  Carpenter,  the  Report 
of  the  Trustees  was  read,  and  on  motion  of  Rev.  E.  Whittlesey, 
seconded  by  Prof.  Egbert  C.  Smith,  was  accepted  and  ordered  to  be 
printed.  Brief  addresses  were  made  by  Drs.  Adams,  and  Pomroy, 
Rev.  Messrs.  Fiske  and  Marsh.  A  contribution  was  then  taken  up 
of  $161.11,  and  the  public  exercises  were  closed  with  prayer  and 
benediction  by  Rev.  Dr.  Vail,  from  Massachusetts. 

At  the  meeting  for  business,  the  Secretary  was  instructed  to  express 
the  thanks  of  the  Society  to  Rev.  Mr.  Carpenter  for  his  Sermon,  and 
to  request  a  copy  for  the  press. 

A  nominating  committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  Rev.  E. 
Whittlesey,  Rev.  G.  W.  Cressey,  and  Dea.  E.  F.  Ditren,  by 
whose  recommendation,  the  persons  following  were  chosen  officers  of 
the  Society  for  the  year  ensuing  : 


PRESIDENT  : 

Rev.    WILLIAM.   T.    DWIGHT,   D.  D. 


VICE    PRESIDENT  : 

Rev.  JOHN"    W.    ELLINGWOOD,   D.  D. 


COR.    AND    EEC.    SECRETARY: 

Rev.   BENJAMIN"    TAPPABT,   D.  D. 


TREASURER  : 

JOHN    HOW,    Esq. 


TRUSTEES  I 


Ret.  WILLIAM    T.  DWIGHT,  ex  officio. 

Rev.  DAVID  THURSTON. 

Rev.  BENJAMIN   TAPPAN. 

Rev.  ENOCH    POND,  D.  D. 

Rev.  JOHN   W.   CHICKERING,  D.  D. 

Rev.  DAVID  SHEPLEY. 


Rev.  STEPHEN  THURSTON. 
Rev.  ISAAC    ROGERS. 
Rev.  GEORGE   E.  ADAMS,  D.  D. 
Dea.  SAMUEL   ADAMS. 
JOHN    HOW,  Esq. 


AUDITORS  ; 


WILLIAM   D.  LITTLE,  Esq.  |  WILLIAM  C.  MITCHELL,  Esq. 

The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held  at  Skowhegan  on  the  fourth 
Wednesday  of  June,  1859. 


PREACHERS  I 


Rev.  JOHN   MALTBY,   First 


Rev.  WOOSTER  PARKER.  Second. 


TREASURER'S    REPORT. 


Receipts  and  Disburseynents  of  John  How,  Treasurer  of  Maine  Missionary  Society. 

RECEIPTS. 
Balance  in  hands  ot  the  Treasurer  on  settlement  of  account,  June  20, 1857,  *$T,520  23 

Income  from  Permanent  Finn/  .- 

Dividend  on  Hank  Slock, 465  80 

"        on  Railroad  Stock,        ......  33  00 

"        on  5  shares  Lewiston  Falls  Manufacturing  Company,       .  20  00 

Interest  on  Notes  Receivable,       .  .  .  .  .  •  27  00 

»      on  City  of  Portland  Bond,  .....  60  00 

605  80 

Miscellaneous  ■. 

Of   Rev.  Benjamin  Tappan,  D.  D.,  for  preaching,        .  .  .  62  00 

For  rent  of  building  in  Kennebunk,  and  sale  of  stove  belonging  to  the 
legacy  of  the  late  Miss  E.  Sewall,  .  .  •  .  15 


Loans  ■■ 

Of  Mrs.  L.  S.  How,  ....... 

Casco  Bank,       ........ 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sewall,  ...... 

Cony  Church  Building  Fund,  for  which  I  gave  my  note  to  Rev.  D. 
T.  Dwight,  D.  D.,  Treasurer,  , 

Legacies : 

Of  Samuel  Nash,  late  of  Gray, 

Mrs.  Julia  Pierce,  late  of  Chesterville, 
A  Sister  in  Winter  Street  Church,  Bath, 
Mrs.  Betsey  Sweetser,  late  of  North  Yarmouth, 
Solomon  Thayer,  late  of  Portland,  in  part, 

Annuities,  donations,  life  memberships,  &c,   . 


500  00 
,000  00 
500  00 


77  93 


2,425  00 


DISBURSEMENTS. 
Paid  Elias  G.  Hedge,  for  printing  2000  Annual  Reports, 
For  printing  600  Certificates  of  Life  Membership, 

Mrs.  Narcissa  L.  Bourne  income  from  Sewall  legacy,    . 
Loan  at  Casco  Bank,  in  part,  .... 

at  Augusta  Bank,       .... 

of  Mrs.  L.  S.  How, 

Interest  on  Loans,     ...... 

Trustees'  orders  to  Missionaries,    .... 

Postage  and  incidental  expenses,  .... 

Commissions  on  Receipts,      .... 

Balance  in  hands  ot  Treasurer, 


PERMANENT    FUND. 

5  shares  in  Lewiston  Falls  Manufacturing  Company, 
26        "         Canal  Bank, 
20        "         Casco  Bank, 
15        "         Manufacturers  and  Traders'  Bank, 

9        "         State  Bank,  Boston, 

3        "  P.  S.  &  P.  Railroad, 

1        "         A.  &  St.  L.  Railroad, 
Scrip  of  the  City  of  Portland, 
Notes  Receivable,  ..... 

Portland,  June  19,  1858. 


30  00 

61  00 

30  00 

118  00 

300  00 



539  00 

8..960  24 

$14,128  20 

175  00 

11  30 



186  38 

204  80 

400  00 

1,000  00 

500  00 



1,900  00 

98  30 

11,123  08 

16  25 

315  20 

284  19 

Errors  excepted. 


$14,128  20 

500  00 
2,600  00 
2,000  00 

750  00 

540  00 

3J0  00 

100  00 
1,000  00 
1,7C0  00 
$9,490  00 


JOHN  HOW,  Treasurer. 


Portland,  June  21,  1858. — We  the  subscribers,  have  examined  the  foregoing  account,  and  find 
the  same  correctly  cast,  well  vouched,  and  a  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  due  the 
Society,  of  two  hundred  and  eighty-four  dollars  and  nineteen  cents.    ($284.19.) 

W.  STORER, 
W.  D.  LITTLE, 

*  Including  §1,000  of  borrowed  money. 


Auditors. 


DONATIONS 


FROM    JUNE    20,    1857,    TO    JUNE    19,    1858. 


Aroostook  Conference. 


$9  35 

17  00 

13  00 

16  00 

7  59 

Burlington — Coll., 
Fort  Fairfield— Coll., 
Lincoln — Coll., 
Springfield,  tyc. — Coll., 
Jiroostook  Conference, 


$62  94 
Cumberland. 
Auburn—  Coll.,  40  00 

Baldwin—  Coll.  5,  don.  5,  10  00 

Brunswick—  Coll.  128.88,  L.  M.10,  don.  5,  143  88 
Cumberland—  Coll.  22.08,  don.  1,  S.  S.  2.20,  25  28 
Durham— L.  M.  in  part,  6  00 

Falmouth—  Colt?,  10  00 

"         West— Coll.  6.57,  F.  M.  S.  15.60,   22  17 
Freeport,  2d  CA.— Coll.,  14  46 

Oorham— Coll.  28,  F.  M.  S.  97,  don.  3,  128  00 
Groy— Coll., 

Harpswell — L.  M.  in  part, 
Lewiston  Falls — Coll.    145, 

M.  40, 
Lewiston — To  compl.  L.  M., 
Mechanic  Falls — Coll., 
Minot— Cojl.  10,  aim.  10,  L.  M.  8 

«     West— Co\\., 
Naples — Don., 

New  Glovcester— Coll.  40.50,  F.  M.  S.  11.23,  51  73 
North  Yarmouth— Coll.,  11  46 

Portland, 2d  Ch.— Coll.  107.35,  F. 
M.  S.  100,  L.  M.  35, 
don. 6,  248  35 

"        3d  Ch.— Fein.  M.  S.  100, 

don.  2,  102  00 

"        Sigh  Si.— Coll.  214,    L. 

M.  205, 
"         State  St.— Coll., 
"         Union  Church. — Coll., 
"         Union  Mis.  Circle, 

-1089  55 

Pownal—  Coll.,  33  00 

Saccarappa— Coll.,  20  00 

Scarborough— Coll.  38.07,  L.  M.  20,  58  07 

Standish—  Coll.,  22  55 

Wcstbrook—2  L.  M.,  40  00 

Yarmouth—  Coll.  73.70,  L.  M.  60,  F.  M.  S. 

56.73,  don.  2,  192  43 

Cumberland  Conf.— 35.80,  01.79,  40.37,  137  96 


Hancock. 
Amherst  and  Aurora — Coll., 
Brooksville,  West—  Coll,  2.62,  L.  M.  10, 
Bucks-port— Coll.  85,  L.  M.  35,  m.  c.  30, 

don.  24, 
Castine—  Coll.  57,  m.  c.  23.80,  L.  M.  60, 
Ellsworth— Vo\\.  39.54,  L.  M.  20,  don.  2, 
Isle  de  Haut — Don., 
Moun.  Desert — Coll., 
Orland— Coll., 
Hancock  Conference, 


$5  00 

12  62 

174  00 

140  80 

61  54 

1  00 

8  00 

47  36 

6  64 

40  00 

7  00 

don.    21, 

L. 

206  00 

7  00 

40  00 

M.  8, 

28  00 

13  00 

5  00 

$2,403  33 
Franklin. 
ChesterviUe — Coll., 

Farmington—CoU.  25.26,  m.  c.  13.64,  L. 
M.29,  F.  M.S.  10.75,  don.  5, 
aim.  2, 
"  Falls— Coll., 

New  Sharmi—CoU.  17,  don.  5, 
Phillips — Don., 
Strong— Coll., 
Temple — L.  M.  in  part, 
Weld—  Coll.  8.64,  F.  M.  S.4,  don.  1, 
mUon—Co\\.  20,  F.  M.  S.  8.58,  ann.  2, 
Franklin  Conference. 


5  00 


87  05 

7  75 

22  00 

4  00 

15  00 

4  00 

13  64 

30  58 

11  07 


$200  09 


Kennebec. 
Augusta,  S—  Coll.  223.44,  m.  c.  84.11,  L. 


$456  96 


M.  60,  don.  102,  aim.  2, 

471  55 

Gardiner — Don., 

1  00 

Hallowell—F.   M.  S.  7,  m.  C. 

13.15,  Sab. 

Sen.  2.30,  don.  3.00, 

25  45 

Litchfield— Coll., 

10  65 

.Monmouth — Coll.  4,  don.  10, 

14  00 

Pittston— Coll., 

6  50 

Richmond—  ColL  11.04,  Cent 

Soc.  23.52, 

L.  M.  20, 

55  10 

Sidney — Don., 

6  00 

Vassalborough—Co\\.  11.20,  don.  3, 

14  20 

It  aterville—  Coll., 

37  00 

mnthrop— Coll.  12.31,  F.  M. 

S.  21.35,  L. 

M.  10,  don.  50, 

93  0G 

Kennebec  Conference, 

11  00 

$752  36 

Lincoln. 

Alna— Coll.  11,  L.  M.  5,  aim.  4, 
Bath,  Winter  St.— Coll.  56.46,   F.  M. 
S.  92.61,  L.  M.  50,  don.  267, 
ann.  18,  484  07 

"     Central  Ch.—F.  M.  P.  38,  L.  M. 
40,  don.  85,  ann.  2, 
Don.  from  person  unknown 

Boothbay,  1st  Ch.— Coll., 
'<  2d  Ch.— Coll., 

Bristol,  2d  Ch.— Coll.  add., 
Edgecomb — Coll., 
Georgetown — Don., 
Newcastle,  1st  Ch.— Coll., 
"  2d  Ch.— Coll., 

Rockland—  Coll.  20.30,  F.  M.  S.  20, 

60,  don.  8, 
Thovmston — Coll., 
Waldoborough,  1st    Ch.— Coll.  20.19. 
F.  M.S.  18.01, don. 
53.50,  ann.  44,        135  70 
"  2d   Ch.— Coll.   11,34, 

don.  10,  21  34 


165 

00 

,30  00 

679  07 

Id 

00 

4 

00 

14  00 

1  84 

26  00 

3  00 

3 

15 

136 

00 

—  139  15 

L.  M. 

108  30 

48  58 

157  04 

Warren— Coll.  12.21,  F.  M.  S.  25, 

37  21 

Whitefield — Don., 

1  00 

Wiscasset — Coll., 

25  00 

$1,260  19 


43 


Oxford. 
Andevt  r — Cull., 

.;  Ch.— Coll.  10.17,  L.  M.35, 
Dixfield— Coll.  ami  m.  c, 
@Wea*-Coll., 
Norway,  1st  CA.— Coll., 
"        2d  Ch.— Coll., 

Oxford— Coll.  9.06,  don.  90, 
Paris — Coll., 
Rumford—  Coll., 
Sunnier— Coll.  -JO,  don.  3, 
ZVnier— Coll.  22.65,  P.  M.  S.  1C, 
Oxford  Conference, 


Penobscot. 
Bana-or,  1st  Par.— Coll.  266  50,  Sab. 

Sen.  6.90,  don.  3,  276 

"      77am.  St.— Coll.  199.75,  Sab. 

Sen.  40,  L.  M.  10,  don.  5,  254 
»       Central    CA.— Coll.    211.15, 

L.  M.  30,  don.  3,  244 

Brewer,  West—  Coll.  11.25,  L.M.46, 

don.  5,  62 

«       r^Z.— Coll.  20,  L.  M.  12,       32 


$6  75 

, 

45  17 

6  50 

19  20 

5 

00 

21 

00 

,-  %  00 

29  06 

16  Oil 

9  10 

23  00 

33  65 

10  00 

$229  43 


75  33 


Corinna — Don., 

Dedham— ColL, 

Dixmont — Don., 

Hampden — L.  M., 

Holden— Coll.  5.36,  don.  7, 

K,  nduskeag—Coll.  24,  L.  M.  14,  don.  1, 

Oldtown — Coll., 

Orono— Coll.  15.00,  Sab.  Sch.  20, 

Orrmgton. — Coll., 

Stetson — L.  M., 

Penobscot  Conference, 


94  25 
50 
25  00 
2  00 
20  00 
12  36 
39  00 
50  00 
35  60 
24  00 
20  00 
45  63 


Union,  (Continued.) 
Br  own fi  eld—  Coll., 
Fnji  burg—L.  M., 
Harrison — Coll., 
Hiram — ('out., 
Lovt  //—Coll., 

— Coll.  29,  ann.2, 
Sieedi  n — Coll., 
U  alt  rford,  J\ 'orth— Don., 


Waldo. 
BeJflwt— Coll.  69.33,  Sab.  Scb,20, 
"  North— Coll., 

Camden— Coll.  36.81,  F.  M.  S.  24.40, 
Frankfort  Mills—  Coll., 
Freedom—' b:  M.  40,  don.  1, 
Jackson  and  Brooks — Don., 
Rockport—  Coll.  11,  L.  M.20, 
Searsport — Coll., 

"       £<wi— Coll., 

Swanvillc — Don., 
Thorndike—  L.  M,  40,  don.  I, 
{/?«'«!/ — Ann.  4,  don.  4, 
Waldo  Conference, 


Washington. 
Calais—  Coll.  55,  F.  M.  S.  20,  don.  5, 
Cherryfield—  Coll., 
Eastport— L.  M.  20,  don.  17, 

£o.s«  Mac/lias — Coll., 
Machiasport — Coll., 
Robbinston— Coll., 
J(  o-7( i/i i' 6fl n  Conference, 


$2  50 
20  00 

16  on 

5  00 
14  00 
31  00 

17  75 
10  00 

$150  85 


89  33 
23  50 


50  00 
7  53 


-112  83 
61  21 
11  00 

41  00 

1  00 

31  00 


57  53 
2  00 

41  00 
8  00 

17  00 


$1,143  07 

PlSCATAQL'19. 

Blanchard— Coll.,  16  50 

Bradford— Coll.,  8  00 

Brown  field—  Coll.  26.12,  F.  M.  S,  11.76,  37  88 

Dover  and  Foxcroft— Coll.  15,  don.  3,  18  00 

Garland—  Coll.,  22  00 

Jtfifo— Don.,  2  00 

Jtfbnson— Coll.  22,  L.  M.  5,  27  00 

SangerviUe — Don.,  5  00 

Sebec—F.  M.  S.,  3  00 


Somerset. 

Ansm,  (North)— Don.,  2  00 

Bloom  Held— Coll.  15.05,  don.  9,  24  65 

FotrJieW— Don.,  I  00 

—Coll.  8,  L.  M.  20,  ami.  2,  30  00 

M  reer— Don.,  2  00 

NorrUgewock— Coll.    20.58,    L.  M.    25, 

don.  68  58 

run — Don.,  2  00 

SoJon,  South— Coll.  3,  don.  2,  5  00 

«       Village— L.  M.  5,  don.  1,  6  00 


St.  Albans— Coll.  2.46,  Cent  Soc.  3.05,  L. 
M.  5,  don.  1, 

i  /  Conference, 


11  00 


11  51 

10  00 


Union. 

Albany—  Coll., 

Bridaton— Coll.,  18  60 

..      North—  Coll.,  5  50 

"      South—  Dun.,  5  00 


$162  74 
5  50 


*  [Whitncyrillc—  Coll., 
Northfield — Coll., 
Jonesborough — Coll., 
A  lew  iriends, 


York. 
Acton — Coll.  14,  don.  4, 
Alfred— Coll.  20,  L.  M.  16, 
Biddeford,  2d  Ch.— Coll.  32,  don.  7, 
"  Pavilion  Ch. — Coll., 

Buxton,  South— Coll.  6.57,  Cent  Soc 
Elliot — L.  M.  by  coll., 
Kennebunk — L.  M.  12,  don.  103, 
Kennebunlcport,  1st  Ch. — Coll., 

"        2d  Ch Coll.  20,  L.  M.  80, 

don.  31,  in.  c.  5, 

lottery— Coll.  16.25,  don.  3. 
Lebanon — Coll., 
/.  i  mi  n  i 'tun — Coll., 
Vyman — Coll., 
Newfield— Coll.  9,  don.  2, 
Saco— Coll.  50,  F.  At  S.  20,  don.  25, 
Sanford—  Coll., 

South  Bi  rvrick— Coll.  91,  L.  M.  40, 

JVells,  1st  Ch.— Coll.  47.78,  L.  M.  40 

"       2d  Ch.— Coll.  10,  L.  M.  10, 

Fort,  lrf  CA.— Coll.  48,  L.  M.  30, 
"     2d  Ch.— Coll., 

Fort  Conference, 


$25  73] 


18  00 

36  00 

39  00 

5  00 

41  0" 

.  8.50,  15  07 

20  00 

115  00 

20  00 

136  00 

156  00 

19  25 

30  00 

5  80 

12  42 

11  00 

95  00 

33  00 

131  00 

87  78 
20  00 


78  00 
20  00 


98  00 
37  00 


$984  32 


*  These  sums  are  not  included  in  the  Treasurer's  receipts,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Peart  being  authorized 
to  receive  them  as  part  of  his  salary. 


u 


OTHER    STATES. 

Boston,  Mass.— Two  L.  M.  by  Charles  B. 

Dana,  Esq., 
Bridgeicater — A  friend  of  missions, 
Framingham — Charles  Williams,  Esq., 
Neioburuport — Two  ann.  and  a  don., 
Rozburii — Rev.  D.  M.  .Mitchell,  to  compl. 

a  L.  M., 
Worcester — Rev.  Dr.  Sweetser, 

"  Rev.  S.  Souther,  to  compl.  a 

L.  M., 
Orford,  JV.   H.— Rev.  Enos   Merrill  and 

wife, 
New  York — Mrs.  C.  Dummer, 
"  Miss  Mary  Cleaves, 


40  00 

2  00 

5  00 

6  00 

5  00 

30  00 

10  00 

5  00 

10  00 

20  00 

Apalnchicola,  Fla. — L.  M.  by  A.  P.  Nourse, 

Esq.,  $20  00 

Sacramento,  Col. — A  few  friends,  100  00 

A  lady  in  California,  1  00 

Honolulu,  Sandw.  Isl. — L.  M.  by  George  B. 
C.  Ingraham,  20  00 

Marask,  Turkey— Rev.  Geo.  A.Perkins,        3  00 


From  donors  unknown, 
Annual  meeting  at  Bath, 


Amount  of  donations  as  above, 
Legacies, 


,499  24 


txit  ittcmbcrs, 


RECOGNIZED   SINCE   THE   LAST   ANNUAL   PUBLICATION. 


MAINE. 

Perley,  Mrs.  Maria, 

Dixmont. 

Hersey,  Levi, 

Auburn. 

Loring,  Miss  Hattie  M., 

Durham. 

Monroe,  Mrs.  Julia  A., 

" 

Perkins,  Mrs.  David, 

Eastport. 

Bradbury,  Charles, 

Augusta. 

Holmes,  Rev.  Otis, 

Elliot. 

Hamlin,  Miss  Lucy  W., 

" 

Sargent,  Winthrop  S., 

Ellsworth 

Hamlin,  Miss  Ellen, 

cc 

Abbott,  Mrs.  Mittie, 

Fannin  gton. 

Atwood,  Mrs.  A.  P., 

Bangor. 

Cutler,  Nathan,  Jr., 

" 

Brown,  Mrs.  Sophia, 

" 

Townsend,  S.  O., 

" 

Clark,  J.  G., 

" 

Robinson.  Mrs.  Mary  H., 

Frankfort. 

Haskins,  Miss  Mary  S., 

CC 

Roberts,  Rev.  J.  G., 

Frankfort  Mill.-. 

Havves,  Levi  L., 

cc 

Belcher,  John, 

Freeport. 

Johnson,  Miss  Lettie  E., 

cc 

Belcher,  Miss  Drusilla, 

" 

Johnson,  Miss  Lauraette  P., 

cc 

Burr,  John, 

cc 

Liltlefield,  Dea.  J.  E., 

cc 

Soule,  Rufus  C, 

" 

Lord,  Charles  Veazie, 

<c 

Evans,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  D., 

Frijeburg. 

Metcalf,  Eliab, 

cc 

Forbush,  Stephen, 

Gray. 

Pearson,  Pickering  P., 

cc 

Nash,  Mrs.  Mary  S., 

" 

Roberts,  Miss  Susan  W., 

" 

Butterfield,  Rev.  Horatio,  Q., 

Hallowell. 

Starrett,  Mrs.  Caroline  L., 

" 

Butteriield,  Mrs.  Caroline  A., 

'                          " 

Thurston,  John  R., 

c" 

Wales,  Benjamin,  Esq., 

" 

Thurston,  Ephraim, 

" 

Case,  Miss  Julia  D., 

Kenduskeag. 

Webster,  Mrs.  Mary  A., 

cc 

Lord,  Miss  Mary  P., 

Kcnncbunkport. 

Wheelwright,  George, 

cc 

Perkins,  Mrs.  L.  W., 

" 

Harward,  Miss  Lizzie  P., 

Bath. 

Partridge,  Rev.  S.  H.. 

Lebanon. 

Harward,  Thomas  P., 

" 

Pickard,  Miss  Hannah  P., 

Lewiston  Falls. 

Merritt,  Frederic, 

cc 

Stearns,  Dea.  Benjamin, 

Love.ll. 

Mitchell,  Mrs.  Aunettie, 

cc 

Weston,  B.  P.  8,, 

Madison, 

Newton,  J.  L., 

" 

Buzzie,  Mrs.  Hannah  C, 

JVewburg. 

Bobbins,  Mrs.  Deborah, 

cc 

Merrill,  Charles  H., 

Neiccastle. 

Sprague,  Charles  E., 

" 

Robinson,  James, 

" 

Guruey,  Nathaniel, 

Belfast. 

Burbank,  Rufus, 

Jfeiofield. 

Hayes,  Mrs.  Jane, 

Bcrioick 

Rowe,  Mrs.  Judith, 

J\!"eic  Gloucester, 

Chapman,  Mrs.  Frances, 

Bethel. 

Douglass,  Rev.  Ehenezer, 

Oldtown. 

Grover,  Dea.  Leonard, 

" 

Silsbce,  Mrs.  E.  M., 

Orono. 

Twitchell,  Dea.  Nathan  F„ 

cc 

Goodale.  Mrs.  Eliza  II., 

Orringtiin. 

Twitchell,  Mrs.  Roxanna  II., 

" 

Newell,  Mrs.  A.  L., 

" 

Packard,  Rev.  Charles, 

Biddcford, 

Sawyer,  Dea.  Lewis.  H., 

Otisfield. 

Tatton,  Rev.  James, 

Browiiftcld. 

Brown,  Miss  Ellen  G., 

Portland. 

Barnard,  Enoch, 

Bucksport. 

Carruthers,  Miss  Sarah  B., 

" 

Woodman,  Theodore  C, 

" 

Carter,  Miss  Sarah  R., 

cc 

Clapp,  A.  L., 

Calais. 

Chase,  William, 

" 

Sawyer,  Thomas, 

" 

Chase,  Win.  N., 

cc 

Swan,  Frederic  R., 

" 

Cuminiims,  Mrs.  Mary  A., 

" 

Chapman,  Rev.  Franklin  P., 

Camden. 

Dana,  Walter  T., 

cc 

Hodgman,  Dea.  Joel, 

" 

Deane,  Henry  P., 

" 

Dresser,  Miss  Martha, 

Castine. 

Edson,  Mis.  Sarah, 

cc 

Ellis,  Miss  Phebe, 

" 

Fox,  Mrs.  Jane  M., 

cc 

Vose,  Miss  Mary  (I., 

cc 

Goodwin,  Mrs.  Maria, 

cc 

Cox,  Mrs.  Hannah  C., 

Damarkcotta. 

Gordon,  Aliss  Margaret, 

" 

Weeks,  Daniel  T., 

" 

Greely,  Miss  S., 

" 

45 


Griffin,  Charles  S.  D., 
Holbrook,  Mrs.  Elizabeth, 
Pood,  Capt.  Daniel, 
Hulih,  Capt.  Alexander, 
Lord,  Miss  Anno  L.  P. 
Lunt,  Mr.  Henry  C, 
Sum,  Mrs.  Henry  L'., 
Mark,  Godfrey, 
Mitchell,  Jeremiah, 
Moody,  Mrs.  Lucy, 
Moore,  Rev.  Henry  D., 
Munger,  John  \\'., 
Pickering,  Mauthano  D., 
Shirley,  George  II., 
Steale,  Miss  Julia, 
Thomas,  Willhm'W.,  Jr., 
True,  Mrs.  John, 
Tyler,  Miss  Sally, 
Weeks,  Joshua  T., 
Foster,  Mrs.  Harmony, 
Fales,  Mrs.  Man  S.,' 
Fogg,  .Mrs   Mary  T., 
Wallace,  Rev.  Findley, 
Goodale,  Alfred   M., 
Wheeler,  Mrs.  W.  Dana, 
Marsh,  Mrs.  L.  G., 
Garman,  Mrs.  John  II., 
Moulton,  Miss  Martha, 
Thornton,  Charles  C.  G., 
Carver,  Mrs.  Clarissa, 
Sauyer,  .Mrs.  Elsey, 
Bodwell,  Airs. Eunice  P., 
Goodwin,  Miss  Sarah, 
Hayman,  Miss  Sarah, 
Pliimmer,  Miss  Elizabeth  M., 
Barker,  Miss  Evelyn, 
Hunter,  Mrs.  Rachel, 
Cushman,  Levi, 
Woodbury,  Hon.  E.  C. 
Stone,  Miss  Gratia  M., 
Potter,  Barrett, 
Broad,  Miss  Mary  H., 


Port  In  n  (I. 


Presi/ue  Isle. 
Rockland, 


Saco. 

Sanford. 

Scarborough. 


Searsport, 

Solon 
South  Berwick 


Stetson. 

Strong, 

Sumner, 

Sweden. 

Tkorndike. 

Topsham. 

Unity. 


Lightbody,  Rev.  Thomas, 
Lightbody,  Airs.  Thomas, 
Cobb,  Pea.  Jonathan, 
Starrett,  David, 
Greene,  Kev.  Win.  B., 
Cook,  Rev.  Jonathan,  1!., 
Maxwell,  Warren  B., 
Rankin,  Samuel, 
Wells,  William, 
Wells,  Aliss  Hannah, 
Bradley,  Rev.  Caleb. 
Cheney,  Airs.  Alary  D., 
Gage,  Airs.  Almira. 
Foote,  Erastus,  Esq., 
Merrill,  Airs.  Henrietta, 
Blanchard,  Airs.  Olive, 
Bnrbank,  Dr.  A.  II., 
Drinkwater,  Mrs.  Alary, 
Mitchell,  Airs.  Martha, 
Prince,  Aliss  Sarah, 
Hill,  Deacon  Henry, 


Waldoboroiigh. 
Warren. 


/)  aterville. 
Wells. 


Hilt,,,,. 

Wiscasset. 


York. 


OTHER   STATES. 


Adams,  Rev.  Solomon, 
Adams,  Aliss  Charlotte  C, 
Dana,  Arthur  Payson, 
Dickerraan,  Rev.  Lysander, 
Emerson,  Airs.  Martha  W., 
Kendall,  Rev.  R.  S., 
Page.  Miss  Annie  F., 
Souther,  Willie  T., 
Plumnier,  Airs.  Elmira, 
Chickering,  Airs.  Luciana, 
Pond,  Rev.  J.  Evarts, 
Zelie,  Airs.  Caroline  S., 
Winn,  William  Jackson, 
Thornton,  Rev.  James  B., 
Grout,  Rev.  Alden, 
In  graham,  George  B.  C, 


Boston,  Mass. 
Conway,     " 
Brookline.     " 
Gloucester,      *' 
Fitchhurn-h,      " 
Chelsea,      " 
Jluburntlalc,      " 
Worcester,      " 
Rollinsford,  JV.  H. 
Ovid,  JV.  r. 
JVeenah,  Wis. 
Santa  Cruz,  Cal 
Ottawa,  Can.  W. 
St.  John.  A\  B. 
South  Africa. 
Honolulu,  Sand.  Isl. 


Dr.  Joseph  H.  Estabrook,  reported  at  Bucksport  last  year,  resides  at  Camden.     Mrs.  H.  K. 
Guernsey,  of  Bangor,  as  reported  last  year,  should  have  been  Airs.  Susan  K.  Gernsej. 
The  complete  list  of  Life  Members  must  be  again  deferred. 


BX7146.M2A7  1858 

Motives  to  home  missionary  work. 

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